How To Install lvm2-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-devel on CentOS 7. lvm2-devel is Development libraries and headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-devel on CentOS 7.

What is lvm2-devel

This package contains files needed to develop applications that use the lvm2 libraries. This package contains files needed to develop applications that use the lvm2 libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install lvm2-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2-devel.

Install lvm2-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install lvm2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lvm2-devel

Install lvm2-devel 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 lvm2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lvm2-devel

How To Uninstall lvm2-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lvm2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lvm2-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.