How To Install dhcp-common.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-common.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. dhcp-common.x86_64 is Common files used by ISC dhcp client and server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-common.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `dhcp-common.x86_64`

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides common files used by dhcp and dhclient package.

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

Install dhcp-common.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 dhcp-common.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcp-common.x86_64

How To Uninstall dhcp-common.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the dhcp-common.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove dhcp-common.x86_64

dhcp-common.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/dhcp
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common-4.2.5
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common-4.2.5/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common-4.2.5/README
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common-4.2.5/RELNOTES
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-common-4.2.5/References.txt
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-eval.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-options.5.gz

References

dhcp-common.x86_64 website

Summary

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