How To Install kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64 is Additional eppic_makedumpfile.so shared object

Introduction

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

What is `kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64`

The eppic_makedumpfile.so shared object is loaded by the “makedumpfile –eppic” option, and is used to erase sensitive or confidential kernel data from a dumpfile.

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

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

sudo yum -y install kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64

How To Uninstall kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64

kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/eppic_makedumpfile.so
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/README
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/ap_messages_3_10_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/dir_names_3_10_to_3_13.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/dir_names_3_14_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/keyring_3_10_to_4_3.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/keyring_4_4_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/proc_names_3_10_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/tcp_sk_buf_3_10_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/udp_sk_buf_3_10_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/unix_sk_buff_3_10_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/vhost_net_buffers_3_10_to_3_18.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/vhost_net_buffers_3_19_to_4_8.c
/usr/share/makedumpfile/eppic_scripts/vhost_scsi_buffers_3_10_to_4_8.c

References

kexec-tools-eppic.x86_64 website

Summary

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