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

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod-libs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. kmod-libs.x86_64 is Libraries to handle kernel module loading and unloading

Introduction

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

What is `kmod-libs.x86_64`

The kmod-libs package provides runtime libraries for any application that wishes to load or unload Linux kernel modules from the running system.

We can use yum to install kmod-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 kmod-libs.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install kmod-libs.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove kmod-libs.x86_64

kmod-libs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libkmod.so.2
/usr/lib64/libkmod.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs-25
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs-25/COPYING

References

kmod-libs.x86_64 website

Summary

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