How To Install mtx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtx on Rocky Linux 8. mtx is SCSI media changer control program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtx on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mtx

The MTX program controls the robotic mechanism in autoloaders and tape libraries such as the HP SureStore DAT 40x6, Exabyte EZ-17, and Exabyte 220. This program is also reported to work with a variety of other tape libraries and autochangers from ADIC, Tandberg/Overland, Breece Hill, HP, and Seagate. If you have a backup tape device capable of handling more than one tape at a time, you should install MTX.

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

Install mtx 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 mtx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mtx

Install mtx 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 mtx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mtx

How To Uninstall mtx on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mtx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mtx

mtx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/84afebf3616fa98f792f7b3475d7da01c7e686
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/1c8303f0a97486ce8621a310c0e1ed18d3c96b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/e83f22b9f7c2aed0d9b31555efcec794962413
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/425e21e3f1940e610944cd755655a36fc63182
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/d376c455c50cbdd765e6d7c8928abfceeed5a6
/usr/sbin/loaderinfo
/usr/sbin/mtx
/usr/sbin/scsieject
/usr/sbin/scsitape
/usr/sbin/tapeinfo
/usr/share/doc/mtx
/usr/share/doc/mtx/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/mtx/COMPATABILITY
/usr/share/doc/mtx/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/mtx/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mtx/README
/usr/share/doc/mtx/TODO
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/MTX.html
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/README
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/TapeChanger-MTX-0.71b.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/config_sgen_solaris.sh
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/mtx-changer
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/mtx.py
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/mtxctl-0.0.2.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/qdback.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapechanger.html
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapeinfo.py
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapeload.pl
/usr/share/doc/mtx/contrib/tapeunload.pl
/usr/share/doc/mtx/mtx.doc
/usr/share/doc/mtx/mtxl.README.html
/usr/share/man/man1/loaderinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scsieject.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scsitape.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tapeinfo.1.gz

References

Summary

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