How To Install nfs-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. nfs-utils.x86_64 is NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `nfs-utils.x86_64`

The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools, which provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS server used by most users. This package also contains the showmount program. Showmount queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about the NFS (Network File System) server on the remote host. For example, showmount can display the clients which are mounted on that host. This package also contains the mount.nfs and umount.nfs program.

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

Install nfs-utils.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 nfs-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nfs-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall nfs-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the nfs-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove nfs-utils.x86_64

nfs-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/exports.d
/etc/gssproxy/24-nfs-server.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/lockd.conf
/etc/nfs.conf
/etc/nfsmount.conf
/etc/request-key.d/id_resolver.conf
/etc/sysconfig/nfs
/sbin/mount.nfs
/sbin/mount.nfs4
/sbin/osd_login
/sbin/rpc.statd
/sbin/umount.nfs
/sbin/umount.nfs4
/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/nfs-utils_env.sh
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/nfs-server-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/rpc-pipefs-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/auth-rpcgss-module.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-blkmap.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-client.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-config.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-idmap.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-idmapd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-lock.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-mountd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-secure.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-utils.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfslock.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/proc-fs-nfsd.mount
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-gssd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd-notify.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rpc_pipefs.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rpcgssd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rpcidmapd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount
/usr/sbin/blkmapd
/usr/sbin/exportfs
/usr/sbin/mountstats
/usr/sbin/nfsdcltrack
/usr/sbin/nfsidmap
/usr/sbin/nfsiostat
/usr/sbin/nfsstat
/usr/sbin/rpc.gssd
/usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd
/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd
/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd
/usr/sbin/rpcdebug
/usr/sbin/showmount
/usr/sbin/sm-notify
/usr/sbin/start-statd
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.3.0
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.3.0/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.3.0/KNOWNBUGS
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.3.0/NEW
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.3.0/README
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.3.0/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.3.0/TODO
/usr/share/man/man5/exports.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nfs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nfs.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nfsmount.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/nfs.systemd.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/nfsd.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/blkmapd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/exportfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/gssd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/idmapd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.nfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mountd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mountstats.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nfsd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nfsdcltrack.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nfsidmap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nfsiostat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nfsstat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.gssd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.idmapd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.mountd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.nfsd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.sm-notify.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpc.statd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpcdebug.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/showmount.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sm-notify.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/statd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/umount.nfs.8.gz
/var/lib/nfs
/var/lib/nfs/etab
/var/lib/nfs/rmtab
/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
/var/lib/nfs/statd
/var/lib/nfs/statd/sm
/var/lib/nfs/statd/sm.bak
/var/lib/nfs/state
/var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
/var/lib/nfs/xtab

References

nfs-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

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