How To Install net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64 is Legacy SysV init scripts for Net-SNMP daemons

Introduction

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

What is `net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64`

The net-snmp-sysvinit package provides SysV init scripts for Net-SNMP daemons.

We can use yum to install net-snmp-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 net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64

How To Uninstall net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64

net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd
/etc/rc.d/init.d/snmptrapd

References

net-snmp-sysvinit.x86_64 website

Summary

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