How to Install and Uninstall device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: February 06,2025

1. Install "device-mapper-multipath.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to install device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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2. Uninstall "device-mapper-multipath.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : device-mapper-multipath
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.4.9
Release : 127.amzn2
Size : 142 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Tools to manage multipath devices using device-mapper
URL : http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
License : GPL+
Description : device-mapper-multipath provides tools to manage multipath devices
: by instructing the device-mapper multipath kernel module what to
: do. The tools are :
: * multipath - Scan the system for multipath devices and assemble
: them.
: * multipathd - Detects when paths fail and execs multipath to
: update things.