How To Install rsync.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsync.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is rsync.x86_64
Rsync uses a reliable algorithm to bring remote and host files into sync very quickly. Rsync is fast because it just sends the differences in the files over the network instead of sending the complete files. Rsync is often used as a very powerful mirroring process or just as a more capable replacement for the rcp command. A technical report which describes the rsync algorithm is included in this package.
We can use yum to install rsync.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsync.x86_64.
Install rsync.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 rsync.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsync.x86_64
How To Uninstall rsync.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the rsync.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove rsync.x86_64
rsync.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/rsyncd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/rsyncd
/usr/bin/rsync
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyncd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyncd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/OLDNEWS
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/README
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/atomic-rsync
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/cvs2includes
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/deny-rsync
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/file-attr-restore
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/files-to-excludes
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/git-set-file-times
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/instant-rsyncd
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/logfilter
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/lsh
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/lsh.sh
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/mapfrom
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/mapto
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/mnt-excl
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/munge-symlinks
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/rrsync
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/rsync-no-vanished
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/rsync-slash-strip
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/rsyncstats
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/support/savetransfer.c
/usr/share/doc/rsync-3.1.2/tech_report.tex
/usr/share/man/man1/rsync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rsyncd.conf.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsync.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.