How To Install lvm2 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2 on AlmaLinux 8.
What is lvm2
LVM2 includes all of the support for handling read/write operations on physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc., multiple devices (MD), see mdadm(8) or even loop devices, see losetup(8)), creating volume groups (kind of virtual disks) from one or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes (kind of logical partitions) in volume groups.
We can use yum or dnf to install lvm2 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2.
Install lvm2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lvm2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lvm2
Install lvm2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lvm2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lvm2
How To Uninstall lvm2 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the lvm2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lvm2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.