Complete Guide: Installing libblockdev on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "libblockdev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libblockdev on Arch Linux


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libblockdev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libblockdev on Arch Linux:


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

Repository : extra
Name : libblockdev
Version : 3.1.0-2
Description : A library for manipulating block devices
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://github.com/storaged-project/libblockdev
Licenses : LGPL-2.1-or-later
Groups : None
Provides : libbd_utils.so=3-64 libblockdev.so=3-64
Depends On : glib2 libglib-2.0.so=0-64 libgio-2.0.so=0-64
libgobject-2.0.so=0-64 glibc kmod libkmod.so=2-64
systemd-libs libudev.so=1-64
Optional Deps : libblockdev-btrfs: for BTRFS support
libblockdev-crypto: for crypto support
libblockdev-dm: for device-mapper support
libblockdev-fs: for filesystem support
libblockdev-loop: for loop device support
libblockdev-lvm: for LVM support
libblockdev-mdraid: for MDRAID support
libblockdev-mpath: for multipath support
libblockdev-nvdimm: for NVDIMM support
libblockdev-nvme: for NVME support
libblockdev-part: for partitioning support
libblockdev-swap: for swap support
python-libblockdev: for Python support
Conflicts With : libblockdev-utils
Replaces : libblockdev-utils
Download Size : 231.85 KiB
Installed Size : 3458.34 KiB
Packager : David Runge
Build Date : Fri Mar 1 19:57:29 2024
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