How To Install aws-apitools-common.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install aws-apitools-common.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. aws-apitools-common.noarch is AWS common - provides directory structure and common configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aws-apitools-common.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `aws-apitools-common.noarch`

AWS common - provides directory structure and common configuration files

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

Install aws-apitools-common.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 aws-apitools-common.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install aws-apitools-common.noarch

How To Uninstall aws-apitools-common.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the aws-apitools-common.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove aws-apitools-common.noarch

aws-apitools-common.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/profile.d/aws-apitools-common.sh
/opt/aws
/opt/aws/amitools
/opt/aws/apitools
/opt/aws/bin
/opt/aws/credential-file-path.template

References

aws-apitools-common.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aws-apitools-common.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.