How To Install amazon-efs-utils.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-efs-utils.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is amazon-efs-utils.noarch

This package provides utilities for simplifying the use of EFS file systems

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

Install amazon-efs-utils.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 amazon-efs-utils.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install amazon-efs-utils.noarch

How To Uninstall amazon-efs-utils.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the amazon-efs-utils.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove amazon-efs-utils.noarch

amazon-efs-utils.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/amazon/efs/efs-utils.conf
/etc/amazon/efs/efs-utils.crt
/sbin/mount.efs
/usr/bin/amazon-efs-mount-watchdog
/usr/lib/systemd/system/amazon-efs-mount-watchdog.service
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.efs.8.gz
/var/log/amazon
/var/log/amazon/efs

References

• amazon-efs-utils.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-efs-utils.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.