How To Install xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 is X.Org X11 X authority utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64`

xauth is used to edit and display the authorization information used in connecting to an X server.

We can use yum to install xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64.

Install xorg-x11-xauth.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 xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64

xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/xauth
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.9
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.9/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.9/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xauth.1.gz

References

xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.