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

In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-sysvinit.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. iputils-sysvinit.x86_64 is SysV initscript for rdisc daemon

Introduction

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

What is `iputils-sysvinit.x86_64`

The iputils-sysvinit contains SysV initscritps support.

We can use yum to install iputils-sysvinit.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-sysvinit.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install iputils-sysvinit.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove iputils-sysvinit.x86_64

iputils-sysvinit.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/rc.d/init.d/rdisc

References

iputils-sysvinit.x86_64 website

Summary

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