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