How To Install cpuid.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpuid.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. cpuid.x86_64 is Dumps information about the CPU(s)

Introduction

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

What is `cpuid.x86_64`

cpuid dumps detailed information about x86 CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s). It supports Intel, AMD, and VIA CPUs, as well as older Transmeta, Cyrix, UMC, NexGen, and Rise CPUs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install cpuid.x86_64

How To Uninstall cpuid.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove cpuid.x86_64

cpuid.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/cpuid
/usr/share/doc/cpuid-20170122
/usr/share/doc/cpuid-20170122/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cpuid-20170122/FUTURE
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid-20170122
/usr/share/licenses/cpuid-20170122/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/cpuid.1.gz

References

cpuid.x86_64 website

Summary

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