How To Install amazon-linux-onprem.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install amazon-linux-onprem.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. amazon-linux-onprem.noarch is Meta Package for Amazon Linux onprem images

Introduction

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

What is amazon-linux-onprem.noarch

Meta package for Amazon Linux to prevent accidental installation of conflicting packages. This package should soley be used in onprem images.

We can use yum to install amazon-linux-onprem.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-onprem.noarch.

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

sudo yum -y install amazon-linux-onprem.noarch

How To Uninstall amazon-linux-onprem.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove amazon-linux-onprem.noarch

amazon-linux-onprem.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

References

Summary

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