How To Install kpatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. kpatch.noarch is Dynamic kernel patch manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `kpatch.noarch`

kpatch is a dynamic kernel patch module manager. It allows the user to manage a collection of binary kernel patch modules which can be used to dynamically patch the kernel without rebooting.

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

Install kpatch.noarch 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 kpatch.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kpatch.noarch

How To Uninstall kpatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the kpatch.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove kpatch.noarch

kpatch.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/systemd/system/kpatch.service
/usr/sbin/kpatch
/usr/share/man/man1/kpatch.1.gz

References

kpatch.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.