How To Install avahi-autoipd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. avahi-autoipd.x86_64 is Link-local IPv4 address automatic configuration daemon (IPv4LL)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is avahi-autoipd.x86_64

avahi-autoipd implements IPv4LL, “Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses” (IETF RFC3927), a protocol for automatic IP address configuration from the link-local 169.254.0.0/16 range without the need for a central server. It is primarily intended to be used in ad-hoc networks which lack a DHCP server.

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

Install avahi-autoipd.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 avahi-autoipd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install avahi-autoipd.x86_64

How To Uninstall avahi-autoipd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the avahi-autoipd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove avahi-autoipd.x86_64

avahi-autoipd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action
/usr/sbin/avahi-autoipd
/usr/share/man/man8/avahi-autoipd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/avahi-autoipd.action.8.gz
/var/lib/avahi-autoipd

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.