How To Install libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 is Additional tools for virt-rescue

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libguestfs-rescue.x86_64

This adds additional tools to use inside the virt-rescue shell, such as ssh, network utilities, editors and debugging utilities.

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

Install libguestfs-rescue.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 libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libguestfs-rescue.x86_64

How To Uninstall libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libguestfs-rescue.x86_64

libguestfs-rescue.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/zz-packages-rescue

References

Summary

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