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

In this tutorial we learn how to install pm-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pm-utils.x86_64 is Power management utilities and scripts

Introduction

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

What is `pm-utils.x86_64`

The pm-utils package contains utilities and scripts useful for tasks related to power management.

We can use yum to install pm-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 pm-utils.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install pm-utils.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove pm-utils.x86_64

pm-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/on_ac_power
/usr/bin/pm-is-supported
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/bin
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/bin/pm-action
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/bin/pm-pmu
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/bin/pm-reset-swap
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/bin/service
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/defaults
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/functions
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/module.d/kernel
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/module.d/tuxonice
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/module.d/uswsusp
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/pm-functions
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/55NetworkManager
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-acer.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-apple.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-asus.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-dell.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-fujitsu.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-hp.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-ibm.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-lenovo.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-misc.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-samsung.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-sony.quirkdb
/usr/lib64/pm-utils/video-quirks/20-video-quirk-pm-toshiba.quirkdb
/usr/sbin/pm-hibernate
/usr/sbin/pm-powersave
/usr/sbin/pm-suspend
/usr/sbin/pm-suspend-hybrid
/usr/sbin/pm-utils-bugreport-info.sh
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/HOWTO.hooks
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/HOWTO.modules
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/README
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/README.debugging
/usr/share/doc/pm-utils-1.4.1/README.distributions
/usr/share/man/man1/on_ac_power.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pm-is-supported.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pm-action.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pm-hibernate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pm-pmu.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pm-powersave.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pm-suspend-hybrid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pm-suspend.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pm-utils-bugreport-info.sh.8.gz
/var/log/pm-suspend.log
/var/run/pm-utils
/var/run/pm-utils/locks
/var/run/pm-utils/locks/pm-powersave.lock
/var/run/pm-utils/locks/pm-suspend.lock
/var/run/pm-utils/pm-powersave
/var/run/pm-utils/pm-powersave/storage
/var/run/pm-utils/pm-suspend
/var/run/pm-utils/pm-suspend/storage

References

pm-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

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