How To Install dirsplit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install dirsplit.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. dirsplit.x86_64 is Utility to split directories

Introduction

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

What is dirsplit.x86_64

This utility is used to split directories into chunks before burning. Chunk size is usually set to fit to a CD/DVD.

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

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

sudo yum -y install dirsplit.x86_64

How To Uninstall dirsplit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove dirsplit.x86_64

dirsplit.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/dirsplit
/usr/share/man/man1/dirsplit.1.gz

References

Summary

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