How To Install vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 is SysV initscript for vsftpd daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64`

The vsftpd-sysvinit contains SysV initscritps support.

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

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

sudo yum -y install vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64

How To Uninstall vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64

vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vsftpd

References

vsftpd-sysvinit.x86_64 website

Summary

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