How To Install lvm2-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-libs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lvm2-libs.x86_64 is Shared libraries for lvm2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `lvm2-libs.x86_64`

This package contains shared lvm2 libraries for applications.

We can use yum to install lvm2-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2-libs.x86_64.

Install lvm2-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lvm2-libs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lvm2-libs.x86_64

How To Uninstall lvm2-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the lvm2-libs.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove lvm2-libs.x86_64

lvm2-libs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/device-mapper
/usr/lib64/device-mapper/libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so
/usr/lib64/device-mapper/libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so
/usr/lib64/device-mapper/libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so
/usr/lib64/device-mapper/libdevmapper-event-lvm2thin.so
/usr/lib64/device-mapper/libdevmapper-event-lvm2vdo.so
/usr/lib64/libdevmapper-event-lvm2.so.2.02
/usr/lib64/libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so
/usr/lib64/libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so
/usr/lib64/libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so
/usr/lib64/libdevmapper-event-lvm2thin.so
/usr/lib64/libdevmapper-event-lvm2vdo.so
/usr/lib64/liblvm2app.so.2.2
/usr/lib64/liblvm2cmd.so.2.02
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2-libs-2.02.187
/usr/share/licenses/lvm2-libs-2.02.187/COPYING.LIB

References

lvm2-libs.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.