How To Install systemd-sysv.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-sysv.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. systemd-sysv.x86_64 is SysV tools for systemd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-sysv.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `systemd-sysv.x86_64`

SysV compatibility tools for systemd

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

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

sudo yum -y install systemd-sysv.x86_64

How To Uninstall systemd-sysv.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the systemd-sysv.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove systemd-sysv.x86_64

systemd-sysv.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/systemd-sysv-convert

References

systemd-sysv.x86_64 website

Summary

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