How To Install libnl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libnl.x86_64 is Convenience library for kernel netlink sockets

Introduction

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

What is `libnl.x86_64`

This package contains a convenience library to simplify using the Linux kernel’s netlink sockets interface for network manipulation

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

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

sudo yum -y install libnl.x86_64

How To Uninstall libnl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libnl.x86_64

libnl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/lib64/libnl.so.1
/lib64/libnl.so.1.1.4
/usr/share/doc/libnl-1.1.4
/usr/share/doc/libnl-1.1.4/COPYING

References

libnl.x86_64 website

Summary

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