How To Install bash.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install bash.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. bash.x86_64 is The GNU Bourne Again shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bash.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `bash.x86_64`

The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification.

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

Install bash.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 bash.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bash.x86_64

How To Uninstall bash.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the bash.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove bash.x86_64

bash.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/skel/.bash_logout
/etc/skel/.bash_profile
/etc/skel/.bashrc
/usr/bin/alias
/usr/bin/bash
/usr/bin/bashbug
/usr/bin/bashbug-64
/usr/bin/bg
/usr/bin/cd
/usr/bin/command
/usr/bin/fc
/usr/bin/fg
/usr/bin/getopts
/usr/bin/jobs
/usr/bin/read
/usr/bin/sh
/usr/bin/umask
/usr/bin/unalias
/usr/bin/wait
/usr/share/doc/bash-4.2.46
/usr/share/doc/bash-4.2.46/COPYING
/usr/share/info/bash.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/bash.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/..1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/:.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/[.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alias.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bashbug-64.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bashbug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bind.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/break.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/builtin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/builtins.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/caller.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/command.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/compgen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/complete.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/compopt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/continue.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/declare.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dirs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/disown.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/enable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/eval.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/exec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/exit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/getopts.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hash.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/help.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/history.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jobs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/let.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/logout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mapfile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/popd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pushd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/read.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readonly.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/return.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/set.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shift.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shopt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/source.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/suspend.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/times.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/trap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/type.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/typeset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ulimit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/umask.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unalias.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wait.1.gz

References

bash.x86_64 website

Summary

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