How To Install ivshmem-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivshmem-tools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ivshmem-tools.x86_64 is Client and server for QEMU ivshmem device

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivshmem-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ivshmem-tools.x86_64`

This package provides client and server tools for QEMU’s ivshmem device.

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

Install ivshmem-tools.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 ivshmem-tools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ivshmem-tools.x86_64

How To Uninstall ivshmem-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ivshmem-tools.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ivshmem-tools.x86_64

ivshmem-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/ivshmem-client
/usr/bin/ivshmem-server

References

ivshmem-tools.x86_64 website

Summary

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