How To Install hexedit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexedit.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. hexedit.x86_64 is A hexadecimal file viewer and editor

Introduction

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

What is `hexedit.x86_64`

Hexedit shows a file both in ASCII and in hexadecimal. The file can be a device as the file is read a piece at a time. Hexedit can be used to modify the file and search through it.

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

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

sudo yum -y install hexedit.x86_64

How To Uninstall hexedit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove hexedit.x86_64

hexedit.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/hexedit
/usr/share/doc/hexedit-1.2.13
/usr/share/doc/hexedit-1.2.13/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/hexedit-1.2.13/Changes
/usr/share/doc/hexedit-1.2.13/hexedit-1.2.13.lsm
/usr/share/man/man1/hexedit.1.gz

References

hexedit.x86_64 website

Summary

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