How To Install yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.
What is yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch
yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch checks if a new kernel is being installed or erased as a result of an update or any other yum command. It then inserts the kernel-livepatch RPM as a dependency to the transaction. The assumption is that if kernel-livepatch is installed and enabled for one kernel, we could continue requiring it for future kernels unless disabled. We also provide a CLI for yum called kernel-livepatch, this provides a simple wrapper around enabling livepatching.
We can use yum to install yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch.
Install yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch 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 yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch
How To Uninstall yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch
yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/kernel-livepatch.conf
/usr/lib/yum-plugins/kernel-livepatch.py
/usr/lib/yum-plugins/kernel-livepatch.pyc
/usr/lib/yum-plugins/kernel-livepatch.pyo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-kernel-livepatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.