How To Install hesiod.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install hesiod.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. hesiod.x86_64 is Shared libraries for querying the Hesiod naming service

Introduction

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

What is `hesiod.x86_64`

Hesiod is a system which uses existing DNS functionality to provide access to databases of information that changes infrequently. It is often used to distribute information kept in the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/printcap files, among others.

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

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

sudo yum -y install hesiod.x86_64

How To Uninstall hesiod.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove hesiod.x86_64

hesiod.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/hesinfo
/usr/lib64/libhesiod.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhesiod.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1/README
/usr/share/man/man1/hesinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hesiod.conf.5.gz

References

hesiod.x86_64 website

Summary

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