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

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-lockd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lvm2-lockd.x86_64 is LVM locking daemon

Introduction

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

What is `lvm2-lockd.x86_64`

LVM commands use lvmlockd to coordinate access to shared storage.

We can use yum to install lvm2-lockd.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-lockd.x86_64.

Install lvm2-lockd.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-lockd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lvm2-lockd.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove lvm2-lockd.x86_64

lvm2-lockd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmlockd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmlocking.service
/usr/sbin/lvmlockctl
/usr/sbin/lvmlockd
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmlockctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmlockd.8.gz

References

lvm2-lockd.x86_64 website

Summary

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