How to Install and Uninstall libaio.x86_64 Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "libaio.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libaio.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libaio.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libaio.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libaio.x86_64 package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : libaio
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.3.109
Release : 13.el7
Size : 38 k
Repo : installed
From repo : base
Summary : Linux-native asynchronous I/O access library
License : LGPLv2+
Description : The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or "aio")
: has a richer API and capability set than the simple POSIX async
: I/O facility. This library, libaio, provides the Linux-native API
: for async I/O. The POSIX async I/O facility requires this library
: in order to provide kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as
: do applications which require the Linux-native async I/O API.