How To Install rfkill.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install rfkill.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. rfkill.x86_64 is A tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices

Introduction

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

What is `rfkill.x86_64`

rfkill is a simple tool for accessing the Linux rfkill device interface, which is used to enable and disable wireless networking devices, typically WLAN, Bluetooth and mobile broadband.

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

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

sudo yum -y install rfkill.x86_64

How To Uninstall rfkill.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove rfkill.x86_64

rfkill.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/sbin/rfkill
/usr/share/doc/rfkill-0.4
/usr/share/doc/rfkill-0.4/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rfkill-0.4/README
/usr/share/man/man8/rfkill.8.gz

References

rfkill.x86_64 website

Summary

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