How To Install make.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install make.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. make.x86_64 is A GNU tool which simplifies the build process for users

Introduction

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

What is `make.x86_64`

A GNU tool for controlling the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program’s source files. Make allows users to build and install packages without any significant knowledge about the details of the build process. The details about how the program should be built are provided for make in the program’s makefile.

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

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

sudo yum -y install make.x86_64

How To Uninstall make.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove make.x86_64

make.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gmake
/usr/bin/make
/usr/share/doc/make-3.82
/usr/share/doc/make-3.82/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/make-3.82/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/make-3.82/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/make-3.82/README
/usr/share/info/make.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/make.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/make.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/make.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gmake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/make.1.gz

References

make.x86_64 website

Summary

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