How To Install libssh2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libssh2.x86_64 is A library implementing the SSH2 protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libssh2.x86_64`

libssh2 is a library implementing the SSH2 protocol as defined by Internet Drafts SECSH-CONNECTION(23), SECSH-ARCH(20), SECSH-FILEXFER(06)*, SECSH-DHGEX(04), and SECSH-NUMBERS(10).

We can use yum to install libssh2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libssh2.x86_64.

Install libssh2.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 libssh2.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libssh2.x86_64

How To Uninstall libssh2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libssh2.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libssh2.x86_64

libssh2.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libssh2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libssh2.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-1.4.3
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-1.4.3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-1.4.3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-1.4.3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-1.4.3/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-1.4.3/README

References

libssh2.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.