How To Install amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch is Yum plugin assists Extras discovery

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch

Makes any failed installation of a named package also help the user know an Extra could provide what they wished for.

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

Install amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.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-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch

How To Uninstall amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch

amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/extras_suggestions.conf
/usr/lib/yum-plugins/extras_suggestions.py
/usr/lib/yum-plugins/extras_suggestions.pyc
/usr/lib/yum-plugins/extras_suggestions.pyo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-linux-extras-yum-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.