How To Install libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64 is Netfilter queue userspace library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64

libnetfilter_queue is a userspace library providing an API to packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter. It is is part of a system that deprecates the old ip_queue / libipq mechanism. libnetfilter_queue has been previously known as libnfnetlink_queue.

We can use yum to install libnetfilter_queue-devel.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_queue-devel.x86_64.

Install libnetfilter_queue-devel.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_queue-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64

libnetfilter_queue-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_ipv4.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_ipv6.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_tcp.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue_udp.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/linux_nfnetlink_queue.h
/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/pktbuff.h
/usr/lib64/libnetfilter_queue.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libnetfilter_queue.pc

References

Summary

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