How To Install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 is Plymouth “Fade-Throbber” plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64

This package contains the “Fade-In” boot splash plugin for Plymouth. It features a centered image that fades in and out while other images pulsate around during system boot up.

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

Install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.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 plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64

How To Uninstall plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64

plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/plymouth/fade-throbber.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.