How To Install iproute.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iproute.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. iproute.x86_64 is Advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools

Introduction

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

What is `iproute.x86_64`

The iproute package contains networking utilities (ip and rtmon, for example) which are designed to use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux kernel.

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

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

sudo yum -y install iproute.x86_64

How To Uninstall iproute.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove iproute.x86_64

iproute.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/iproute2
/etc/iproute2/bpf_pinning
/etc/iproute2/ematch_map
/etc/iproute2/group
/etc/iproute2/nl_protos
/etc/iproute2/rt_dsfield
/etc/iproute2/rt_protos
/etc/iproute2/rt_realms
/etc/iproute2/rt_scopes
/etc/iproute2/rt_tables
/usr/sbin/arpd
/usr/sbin/bridge
/usr/sbin/ctstat
/usr/sbin/devlink
/usr/sbin/genl
/usr/sbin/ifcfg
/usr/sbin/ifstat
/usr/sbin/ip
/usr/sbin/lnstat
/usr/sbin/nstat
/usr/sbin/rdma
/usr/sbin/routef
/usr/sbin/routel
/usr/sbin/rtacct
/usr/sbin/rtmon
/usr/sbin/rtpr
/usr/sbin/rtstat
/usr/sbin/ss
/usr/sbin/tipc
/usr/share/doc/iproute-4.15.0
/usr/share/doc/iproute-4.15.0/README
/usr/share/doc/iproute-4.15.0/README.decnet
/usr/share/doc/iproute-4.15.0/README.distribution
/usr/share/doc/iproute-4.15.0/README.lnstat
/usr/share/licenses/iproute-4.15.0
/usr/share/licenses/iproute-4.15.0/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/arpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bridge.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ctstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-dev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-monitor.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-port.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink-sb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/devlink.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/genl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ifcfg.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ifstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-address.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-addrlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-fou.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-gue.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-l2tp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-macsec.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-maddress.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-monitor.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-mroute.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-neighbour.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-netconf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-netns.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-ntable.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-route.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-rule.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-sr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-tcp_metrics.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-token.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-tunnel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-vrf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip-xfrm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lnstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma-dev.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rdma.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/routef.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/routel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtacct.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtmon.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtpr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ss.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-bearer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-media.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-nametable.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-node.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-peer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc-socket.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tipc.8.gz

References

iproute.x86_64 website

Summary

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