Information about the package, device-mapper-event, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The device-mapper-event package is designed for, Device-mapper event daemon.
Package Name:
device-mapper-event
Summary:
Device-mapper event daemon
Description:
This package contains the dmeventd daemon for monitoring the state of device-mapper devices.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.02.117
Release:
12.el6_9.1
Size:
43 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the device-mapper-event package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install device-mapper-event
This command will install device-mapper-event on the server.
yum remove device-mapper-event
This command will un-install device-mapper-event on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove device-mapper-event, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove device-mapper-event
This command will un-install device-mapper-event on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove device-mapper-event when using the -y flag.
yum update device-mapper-event
This command will update device-mapper-event to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove device-mapper-event, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update device-mapper-event
This command will update device-mapper-event to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove device-mapper-event when using the -y flag.
yum info device-mapper-event
This command will show you core information about the device-mapper-event package.
yum deplist device-mapper-event
This command will show you the dependencies for device-mapper-event. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update device-mapper-event
This command will check if there is an update waiting on device-mapper-event. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.