How To Install libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 is Netfilter conntrack userspace library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64

libnetfilter_conntrack is a userspace library providing a programming interface (API) to the in-kernel connection tracking state table.

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

Install libnetfilter_conntrack.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 libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64

How To Uninstall libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64

libnetfilter_conntrack.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_conntrack.so.3
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_conntrack.so.3.6.0
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.6
/usr/share/doc/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.6/COPYING

References

Summary

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