How To Install mipv6-daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mipv6-daemon.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mipv6-daemon.x86_64 is Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mipv6-daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mipv6-daemon.x86_64`

The mobile IPv6 daemon allows nodes to remain reachable while moving around in the IPv6 Internet.

We can use yum to install mipv6-daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mipv6-daemon.x86_64.

Install mipv6-daemon.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 mipv6-daemon.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mipv6-daemon.x86_64

How To Uninstall mipv6-daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mipv6-daemon.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mipv6-daemon.x86_64

mipv6-daemon.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/mip6d.conf
/etc/sysconfig/mip6d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mip6d.service
/usr/sbin/mip6d
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/README
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/README.IPsec
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/example-cn.conf
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/example-ha.conf
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/example-mn.conf
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/example-nemo-ha.conf
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/example-nemo-mn.conf
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/kernel
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/kernel/0001-ipv6-fix-header-length-calculation-in-ip6_append_data.patch
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/kernel/0001-ipv6-fix-the-noflags-test-in-addrconf_get_prefix_route.patch
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/kernel/0001-ipv6-use-addrconf_get_prefix_route-for-prefix-route-lookup.patch
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/kernel/0001-xfrm-release-neighbor-upon-dst-destruction.patch
/usr/share/doc/mipv6-daemon-1.0/extras/kernel/README
/usr/share/man/man1/mip6d.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/mip6d.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/mipv6.7.gz

References

mipv6-daemon.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mipv6-daemon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.