How To Install bridge-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install bridge-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. bridge-utils.x86_64 is Utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bridge-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `bridge-utils.x86_64`

This package contains utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge. The linux ethernet bridge can be used for connecting multiple ethernet devices together. The connecting is fully transparent connected to the other ethernet devices directly. Install bridge-utils if you want to use the linux ethernet bridge.

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

Install bridge-utils.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 bridge-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bridge-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall bridge-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the bridge-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove bridge-utils.x86_64

bridge-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/sbin/brctl
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/HOWTO
/usr/share/man/man8/brctl.8.gz

References

bridge-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

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