Information about the package, device-mapper, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The device-mapper package is designed for, Device mapper utility.
Package Name:
device-mapper
Summary:
Device mapper utility
Description:
This package contains the supporting userspace utility, dmsetup, for the kernel device-mapper.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.02.117
Release:
12.el6_9.1
Size:
286 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the device-mapper package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install device-mapper
This command will install device-mapper on the server.
yum remove device-mapper
This command will un-install device-mapper on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove device-mapper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove device-mapper
This command will un-install device-mapper 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update device-mapper
This command will update device-mapper to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove device-mapper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update device-mapper
This command will update device-mapper 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info device-mapper
This command will show you core information about the device-mapper package.
yum deplist device-mapper
This command will show you the dependencies for device-mapper. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on device-mapper. 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.