How To Install info.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install info.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. info.x86_64 is A stand-alone TTY-based reader for GNU texinfo documentation

Introduction

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

What is `info.x86_64`

The GNU project uses the texinfo file format for much of its documentation. The info package provides a standalone TTY-based browser program for viewing texinfo files.

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

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

sudo yum -y install info.x86_64

How To Uninstall info.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove info.x86_64

info.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/sbin/install-info
/usr/bin/info
/usr/bin/infokey
/usr/share/doc/info-5.1
/usr/share/doc/info-5.1/COPYING
/usr/share/info/dir
/usr/share/info/info-stnd.info.gz
/usr/share/info/info.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/infokey.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/install-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/info.5.gz

References

info.x86_64 website

Summary

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