How To Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on Rocky Linux 8. device-mapper-multipath-libs is The device-mapper-multipath modules and shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 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-multipath-libs using dnf by running the following command:

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

Install device-mapper-multipath-libs on Rocky Linux 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-multipath-libs using yum by running the following command:

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

How To Uninstall device-mapper-multipath-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove device-mapper-multipath-libs

device-mapper-multipath-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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References

device-mapper-multipath-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.