How To Install genisoimage.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install genisoimage.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. genisoimage.x86_64 is Creates an image of an ISO9660 file-system

Introduction

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

What is genisoimage.x86_64

The genisoimage program is used as a pre-mastering program; i.e., it generates the ISO9660 file-system. Genisoimage takes a snapshot of a given directory tree and generates a binary image of the tree which will correspond to an ISO9660 file-system when written to a block device. Genisoimage is used for writing CD-ROMs, and includes support for creating boot-able El Torito CD-ROMs. Install the genisoimage package if you need a program for writing CD-ROMs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install genisoimage.x86_64

How To Uninstall genisoimage.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove genisoimage.x86_64

genisoimage.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/genisoimage
/usr/bin/isodebug
/usr/bin/isodump
/usr/bin/isoinfo
/usr/bin/isovfy
/usr/bin/mkhybrid
/usr/bin/mkisofs
/usr/bin/pitchplay
/usr/bin/readmult
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.alphaboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.compression
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.eltorito
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.graft_dirs
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.hfs_boot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.hfs_magic
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.hide
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.hppaboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.joliet
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.macosx
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.mipsboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.mipselboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.mkhybrid
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.prep_boot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.releasenotes
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.rootinfo
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.session
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.sort
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.sparcboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage-1.1.11/genisoimage/README.sunx86boot
/usr/share/man/man1/genisoimage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isodebug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isodump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isoinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isovfy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pitchplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readmult.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/genisoimagerc.5.gz

References

Summary

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