How To Install keyutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. keyutils.x86_64 is Linux Key Management Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `keyutils.x86_64`

Utilities to control the kernel key management facility and to provide a mechanism by which the kernel call back to user space to get a key instantiated.

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

Install keyutils.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 keyutils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install keyutils.x86_64

How To Uninstall keyutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the keyutils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove keyutils.x86_64

keyutils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/bin/keyctl
/etc/request-key.conf
/etc/request-key.d
/sbin/key.dns_resolver
/sbin/request-key
/usr/share/doc/keyutils-1.5.8
/usr/share/doc/keyutils-1.5.8/LICENCE.GPL
/usr/share/doc/keyutils-1.5.8/README
/usr/share/keyutils
/usr/share/keyutils/request-key-debug.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/keyctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/request-key.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/key.dns_resolver.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/request-key.8.gz

References

keyutils.x86_64 website

Summary

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