How To Install crypto-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. crypto-utils.x86_64 is SSL certificate and key management utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `crypto-utils.x86_64`

This package provides tools for managing and generating SSL certificates and keys.

We can use yum to install crypto-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install crypto-utils.x86_64.

Install crypto-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install crypto-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install crypto-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall crypto-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the crypto-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove crypto-utils.x86_64

crypto-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/cron.daily/certwatch
/usr/bin/certwatch
/usr/bin/genkey
/usr/bin/keyrand
/usr/bin/keyutil
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/Makerand.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt/Makerand
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt/Makerand/Makerand.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt/Makerand/autosplit.ix
/usr/share/doc/crypto-utils-2.4.1
/usr/share/doc/crypto-utils-2.4.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/crypto-utils-2.4.1/LICENSE.librand
/usr/share/man/man1/certwatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genkey.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/keyrand.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Crypt::Makerand.3pm.gz

References

crypto-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.