How To Install fxload.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install fxload.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. fxload.x86_64 is A helper program to download firmware into FX and FX2 EZ-USB

Introduction

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

What is `fxload.x86_64`

This program is conveniently able to download firmware into FX and FX2 EZ-USB devices, as well as the original AnchorChips EZ-USB. It is intended to be invoked by udev scripts when the unprogrammed device appears on the bus.

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

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

sudo yum -y install fxload.x86_64

How To Uninstall fxload.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove fxload.x86_64

fxload.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/sbin/fxload
/usr/share/doc/fxload-2002_04_11
/usr/share/doc/fxload-2002_04_11/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fxload-2002_04_11/README.txt
/usr/share/man/man8/fxload.8.gz

References

fxload.x86_64 website

Summary

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