How To Install curl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install curl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. curl.x86_64 is A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and

Introduction

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

What is `curl.x86_64`

curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP, SMTP, POP3 and RTSP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos…), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

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

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

sudo yum -y install curl.x86_64

How To Uninstall curl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove curl.x86_64

curl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/curl
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1/BUGS.md
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1/FEATURES.md
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1/README
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1/TODO
/usr/share/doc/curl-7.79.1/TheArtOfHttpScripting.md
/usr/share/man/man1/curl.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_curl

References

curl.x86_64 website

Summary

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