How To Install httpd-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install httpd-tools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. httpd-tools.x86_64 is Tools for use with the Apache HTTP Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install httpd-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `httpd-tools.x86_64`

The httpd-tools package contains tools which can be used with the Apache HTTP Server.

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

Install httpd-tools.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 httpd-tools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install httpd-tools.x86_64

How To Uninstall httpd-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the httpd-tools.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove httpd-tools.x86_64

httpd-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/ab
/usr/bin/htdbm
/usr/bin/htdigest
/usr/bin/htpasswd
/usr/bin/httxt2dbm
/usr/bin/logresolve
/usr/share/doc/httpd-tools-2.4.53
/usr/share/doc/httpd-tools-2.4.53/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/httpd-tools-2.4.53/NOTICE
/usr/share/man/man1/ab.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/htdbm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/htdigest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/htpasswd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/httxt2dbm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/logresolve.1.gz

References

httpd-tools.x86_64 website

Summary

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