How To Install fprintd-pam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd-pam.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. fprintd-pam.x86_64 is PAM module for fingerprint authentication

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd-pam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `fprintd-pam.x86_64`

PAM module that uses the fprintd D-Bus service for fingerprint authentication.

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

Install fprintd-pam.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 fprintd-pam.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fprintd-pam.x86_64

How To Uninstall fprintd-pam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the fprintd-pam.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove fprintd-pam.x86_64

fprintd-pam.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/lib64/security/pam_fprintd.so
/usr/share/doc/fprintd-pam-0.5.0
/usr/share/doc/fprintd-pam-0.5.0/README

References

fprintd-pam.x86_64 website

Summary

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