How To Install libblockdev-dm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-dm on Rocky Linux 8. libblockdev-dm is The Device Mapper plugin for the libblockdev library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-dm on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libblockdev-dm

The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to Device Mapper.

We can use yum or dnf to install libblockdev-dm on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-dm.

Install libblockdev-dm 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 libblockdev-dm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-dm

Install libblockdev-dm 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 libblockdev-dm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-dm

How To Uninstall libblockdev-dm on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libblockdev-dm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-dm

libblockdev-dm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/dc960809b767562f6100ab367628ee5f842dfb
/usr/lib64/libbd_dm.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_dm.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/c44d978238cbe3085ce6e91e59f19c8aa7dcaf
/usr/lib/libbd_dm.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_dm.so.2.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-dm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.