How To Install libbpf-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbpf-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libbpf-static.x86_64 is Static library for libbpf development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbpf-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libbpf-static.x86_64`

The libbpf-static package contains static library for developing applications that use libbpf

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

Install libbpf-static.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 libbpf-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libbpf-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall libbpf-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libbpf-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libbpf-static.x86_64

libbpf-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libbpf.a

References

libbpf-static.x86_64 website

Summary

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