How To Install obexd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install obexd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. obexd.x86_64 is D-Bus service for Obex Client access

Introduction

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

What is `obexd.x86_64`

obexd contains obex-client, a D-Bus service to allow sending files using the Obex Push protocol, common on mobile phones and other Bluetooth-equipped devices.

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

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

sudo yum -y install obexd.x86_64

How To Uninstall obexd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove obexd.x86_64

obexd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/libexec/obex-client
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/obex-client.service
/usr/share/doc/obexd-0.46
/usr/share/doc/obexd-0.46/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/obexd-0.46/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/obexd-0.46/README
/usr/share/doc/obexd-0.46/client-api.txt
/usr/share/doc/obexd-0.46/send-files

References

obexd.x86_64 website

Summary

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