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

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-throbgress.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. plymouth-plugin-throbgress.x86_64 is Plymouth “Throbgress” plugin

Introduction

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

What is `plymouth-plugin-throbgress.x86_64`

This package contains the “throbgress” boot splash plugin for Plymouth. It features a centered logo and animated spinner that spins repeatedly while a progress bar advances at the bottom of the screen.

We can use yum to install plymouth-plugin-throbgress.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-throbgress.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install plymouth-plugin-throbgress.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove plymouth-plugin-throbgress.x86_64

plymouth-plugin-throbgress.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/plymouth/throbgress.so

References

plymouth-plugin-throbgress.x86_64 website

Summary

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