How To Install iputils-ninfod.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-ninfod.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. iputils-ninfod.x86_64 is Node Information Query Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-ninfod.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `iputils-ninfod.x86_64`

Node Information Query (RFC4620) daemon. Responds to IPv6 Node Information Queries.

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

Install iputils-ninfod.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 iputils-ninfod.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iputils-ninfod.x86_64

How To Uninstall iputils-ninfod.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the iputils-ninfod.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove iputils-ninfod.x86_64

iputils-ninfod.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/systemd/system/ninfod.service
/usr/sbin/ninfod
/usr/share/man/man8/ninfod.8.gz

References

iputils-ninfod.x86_64 website

Summary

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