How to Install and Uninstall lvm2.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 28,2024

1. Install "lvm2.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install lvm2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lvm2.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall lvm2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lvm2.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : lvm2
Epoch : 8
Version : 2.03.14
Release : 13.el8_9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.7 M
Source : lvm2-2.03.14-13.el8_9.src.rpm
Repository : ubi-8-baseos-rpms
Summary : Userland logical volume management tools
URL : http://sourceware.org/lvm2
License : GPLv2
Description : LVM2 includes all of the support for handling read/write operations on
: physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc.,
: multiple devices (MD), see mdadm(8) or even loop devices, see
: losetup(8)), creating volume groups (kind of virtual disks) from one
: or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes
: (kind of logical partitions) in volume groups.