How To Install libblockdev-utils on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-utils on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libblockdev-utils
The libblockdev-utils is a library providing utility functions used by the libblockdev library and its plugins.
We can use yum or dnf to install libblockdev-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-utils.
Install libblockdev-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-utils
Install libblockdev-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libblockdev-utils
How To Uninstall libblockdev-utils on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libblockdev-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libblockdev-utils
libblockdev-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/076e634e74437e42448265a3d2c34cff2d8654
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/bfe5786958fdf05529240fa7891a7b38a1182c
/usr/lib/libbd_part_err.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_part_err.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libbd_utils.so.2
/usr/lib/libbd_utils.so.2.1.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/02e03d0152d970663a68cc8380756ccf7b4721
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/cf38f3c3057d4f2c7fee67d00afff608a6de7e
/usr/lib64/libbd_part_err.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_part_err.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libbd_utils.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_utils.so.2.1.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.