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device-mapper-libs


Information about the package, device-mapper-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The device-mapper-libs package is designed for, Device-mapper shared library.


Package Name:

device-mapper-libs

Summary:

Device-mapper shared library

Description:

This package contains the device-mapper shared library, libdevmapper.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.02.117

Release:

12.el6_9.1

Size:

361 k

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

updates

Licence:

LGPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for device-mapper-libs


Control the device-mapper-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install device-mapper-libs

This command will install device-mapper-libs on the server.

yum remove device-mapper-libs

This command will un-install device-mapper-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove device-mapper-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove device-mapper-libs

This command will un-install device-mapper-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.

yum update device-mapper-libs

This command will update device-mapper-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove device-mapper-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update device-mapper-libs

This command will update device-mapper-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.

yum info device-mapper-libs

This command will show you core information about the device-mapper-libs package.

yum deplist device-mapper-libs

This command will show you the dependencies for device-mapper-libs. 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-libs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on device-mapper-libs. 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.