How To Install scl-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. scl-utils.x86_64 is Utilities for alternative packaging

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `scl-utils.x86_64`

Run-time utility for alternative packaging.

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

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

sudo yum -y install scl-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall scl-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the scl-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove scl-utils.x86_64

scl-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/bash_completion.d/scl.bash
/etc/scl/conf
/etc/scl/prefixes
/opt/rh
/usr/bin/scl
/usr/bin/scl_enabled
/usr/bin/scl_source
/usr/share/man/man1/scl.1.gz

References

scl-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

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