Complete Guide: Installing device-mapper on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "device-mapper" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install device-mapper on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Sy
            
                    
    
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                device-mapper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "device-mapper" package

Learn how to uninstall device-mapper on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
                device-mapper
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the device-mapper package on Arch Linux

Repository : core
Name : device-mapper
Version : 2.03.23-3
Description : Device mapper userspace library and tools
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://sourceware.org/dm/
Licenses : GPL2 LGPL2.1
Groups : None
Provides : libdevmapper.so=1.02-64 libdevmapper-event.so=1.02-64
Depends On : glibc systemd-libs libudev.so=1-64
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 280.09 KiB
Installed Size : 752.40 KiB
Packager : Morten Linderud
Build Date : Sun Mar 3 17:18:47 2024
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature