How To Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 7.

What is device-mapper-multipath-libs

The device-mapper-multipath-libs provides the path checker and prioritizer modules. It also contains the libmpathpersist and libmpathcmd shared libraries, as well as multipath’s internal library, libmultipath. The device-mapper-multipath-libs provides the path checker and prioritizer modules. It also contains the libmpathpersist and libmpathcmd shared libraries, as well as multipath’s internal library, libmultipath.

We can use yum or dnf to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install device-mapper-multipath-libs.

Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

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

Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

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

How To Uninstall device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove device-mapper-multipath-libs

References

• device-mapper-multipath-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.