How To Install PackageKit-yum.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-yum.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. PackageKit-yum.x86_64 is PackageKit YUM backend

Introduction

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

What is `PackageKit-yum.x86_64`

A backend for PackageKit to enable yum functionality.

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

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

sudo yum -y install PackageKit-yum.x86_64

How To Uninstall PackageKit-yum.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the PackageKit-yum.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove PackageKit-yum.x86_64

PackageKit-yum.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/PackageKit/Yum.conf
/usr/lib64/packagekit-backend/libpk_backend_yum.so
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/licenses.txt
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yum-comps-groups.conf
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.pyc
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.pyo
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumComps.py
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumComps.pyc
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumComps.pyo
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumFilter.py
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumFilter.pyc
/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumFilter.pyo

References

PackageKit-yum.x86_64 website

Summary

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