How To Install e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 is Ext2/3/4 filesystem-specific static libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `e2fsprogs-static.x86_64`

E2fsprogs-static contains all static libraries built from e2fsprogs, including libext2fs, libcom_err, libe2p, and libss. These libraries are used to directly acccess ext2/3/4 filesystems from userspace, and perform other useful functions.

We can use yum to install e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install e2fsprogs-static.x86_64.

Install e2fsprogs-static.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 e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install e2fsprogs-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove e2fsprogs-static.x86_64

e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libcom_err.a
/usr/lib64/libe2p.a
/usr/lib64/libext2fs.a
/usr/lib64/libquota.a
/usr/lib64/libss.a
/usr/share/doc/e2fsprogs-static-1.42.9
/usr/share/doc/e2fsprogs-static-1.42.9/COPYING

References

e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.