How To Install e2fsprogs-libs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-libs on CentOS 7.
What is e2fsprogs-libs
E2fsprogs-libs contains libe2p and libext2fs, the libraries of the e2fsprogs package. These libraries are used to directly acccess ext2/3/4 filesystems from userspace. E2fsprogs-libs contains libe2p and libext2fs, the libraries of the e2fsprogs package. These libraries are used to directly acccess ext2/3/4 filesystems from userspace.
We can use yum or dnf to install e2fsprogs-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install e2fsprogs-libs.
Install e2fsprogs-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 e2fsprogs-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install e2fsprogs-libs
Install e2fsprogs-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 e2fsprogs-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install e2fsprogs-libs
How To Uninstall e2fsprogs-libs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the e2fsprogs-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove e2fsprogs-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
