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

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "device-mapper-persistent-data.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidance below to install device-mapper-persistent-data.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "device-mapper-persistent-data.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall device-mapper-persistent-data.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-persistent-data.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : device-mapper-persistent-data
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.7.3
Release : 3.amzn2
Size : 411 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Device-mapper Persistent Data Tools
URL : https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools
License : GPLv3+
Description : thin-provisioning-tools contains check,dump,restore,repair,rmap
: and metadata_size tools to manage device-mapper thin provisioning
: target metadata devices; cache check,dump,metadata_size,restore
: and repair tools to manage device-mapper cache metadata devices
: are included and era check, dump, restore and invalidate to manage
: snapshot eras