How To Install lldpad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install lldpad.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lldpad.x86_64 is Intel LLDP Agent

Introduction

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

What is `lldpad.x86_64`

This package contains the Linux user space daemon and configuration tool for Intel LLDP Agent with Enhanced Ethernet support for the Data Center.

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

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

sudo yum -y install lldpad.x86_64

How To Uninstall lldpad.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove lldpad.x86_64

lldpad.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/bash_completion.d
/etc/bash_completion.d/lldpad
/etc/bash_completion.d/lldptool
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lldpad.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lldpad.socket
/usr/lib64/liblldp_clif.so.1
/usr/lib64/liblldp_clif.so.1.0.0
/usr/sbin/dcbtool
/usr/sbin/lldpad
/usr/sbin/lldptool
/usr/sbin/vdptool
/usr/share/doc/lldpad-1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/lldpad-1.0.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lldpad-1.0.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lldpad-1.0.1/README
/usr/share/man/man3/liblldp_clif-vdp22.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dcbtool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldpad.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-app.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-dcbx.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-ets.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-evb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-evb22.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-med.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-pfc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool-vdp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lldptool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vdptool.8.gz
/var/lib/lldpad

References

lldpad.x86_64 website

Summary

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