How To Install edk2-aarch64.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install edk2-aarch64.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. edk2-aarch64.noarch is AARCH64 Virtual Machine Firmware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edk2-aarch64.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `edk2-aarch64.noarch`

EFI Development Kit II AARCH64 UEFI Firmware

We can use yum to install edk2-aarch64.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install edk2-aarch64.noarch.

Install edk2-aarch64.noarch 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 edk2-aarch64.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install edk2-aarch64.noarch

How To Uninstall edk2-aarch64.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the edk2-aarch64.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove edk2-aarch64.noarch

edk2-aarch64.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd
/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd
/usr/share/edk2
/usr/share/edk2/aarch64
/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw
/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI.fd
/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_VARS.fd
/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-aarch64-20200801stable
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-aarch64-20200801stable/LICENSE.openssl
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-aarch64-20200801stable/License.txt
/usr/share/qemu/firmware
/usr/share/qemu/firmware/70-edk2-aarch64-verbose.json

References

edk2-aarch64.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install edk2-aarch64.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.