How To Install mksh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mksh.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mksh.x86_64 is MirBSD enhanced version of the Korn Shell

Introduction

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

What is `mksh.x86_64`

mksh is the MirBSD enhanced version of the Public Domain Korn shell (pdksh), a bourne-compatible shell which is largely similar to the original AT&T Korn shell. It includes bug fixes and feature improvements in order to produce a modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script use, being a bourne shell replacement, pdksh successor and an alternative to the C shell.

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

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

sudo yum -y install mksh.x86_64

How To Uninstall mksh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove mksh.x86_64

mksh.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/bin/ksh
/bin/lksh
/bin/mksh
/etc/mkshrc
/etc/skel/.mkshrc
/usr/share/doc/mksh-46
/usr/share/doc/mksh-46/dot.mkshrc
/usr/share/man/man1/ksh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lksh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mksh.1.gz

References

mksh.x86_64 website

Summary

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