How To Install hyperv-daemons.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-daemons.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. hyperv-daemons.x86_64 is HyperV daemons suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-daemons.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `hyperv-daemons.x86_64`

Suite of daemons that are needed when Linux guest is running on Windows Host with HyperV.

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

Install hyperv-daemons.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 hyperv-daemons.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hyperv-daemons.x86_64

How To Uninstall hyperv-daemons.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the hyperv-daemons.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove hyperv-daemons.x86_64

hyperv-daemons.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

References

hyperv-daemons.x86_64 website

Summary

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