How To Install device-mapper-event-libs on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-event-libs in AlmaLinux 8. device-mapper-event-libs is Device-mapper event daemon shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-event-libs on AlmaLinux 8.

What is device-mapper-event-libs

This package contains the device-mapper event daemon shared library, libdevmapper-event.

We can use yum or dnf to install device-mapper-event-libs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install device-mapper-event-libs.

Install device-mapper-event-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install device-mapper-event-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install device-mapper-event-libs

Install device-mapper-event-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install device-mapper-event-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install device-mapper-event-libs

How To Uninstall device-mapper-event-libs on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the device-mapper-event-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove device-mapper-event-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-event-libs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.