How To Install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit on CentOS 7.
What is device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit
SysV style init script for device-mapper-multipth. It needs to be installed only if systemd is not used as the system init process.
We can use yum or dnf to install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit.
Install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit 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-sysvinit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit
Install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit 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-sysvinit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit
How To Uninstall device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
