How To Install keyutils-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils-libs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. keyutils-libs.x86_64 is Key utilities library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `keyutils-libs.x86_64`

This package provides a wrapper library for the key management facility system calls.

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

Install keyutils-libs.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 keyutils-libs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install keyutils-libs.x86_64

How To Uninstall keyutils-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the keyutils-libs.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove keyutils-libs.x86_64

keyutils-libs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/lib64/libkeyutils.so.1
/lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.5
/usr/share/doc/keyutils-libs-1.5.8
/usr/share/doc/keyutils-libs-1.5.8/LICENCE.LGPL

References

keyutils-libs.x86_64 website

Summary

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