How To Install dlm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dlm on CentOS 7. dlm is dlm control daemon and tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dlm on CentOS 7.

What is dlm

The kernel dlm requires a user daemon to control membership.

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

Install dlm on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dlm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dlm

Install dlm 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 dlm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dlm

How To Uninstall dlm on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dlm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dlm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dlm on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.