How To Install kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64
This package contains the live patch modules for bug fixes against the version of the kernel. This package contains version 0 (no real livepatches) and helps subscribe to the kernel livepatch updates for the kernel.
We can use yum to install kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64.
Install kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.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 kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64
How To Uninstall kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64
kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.