How To Install psutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install psutils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. psutils.x86_64 is PostScript Utilities

Introduction

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

What is `psutils.x86_64`

This archive contains some utilities for manipulating PostScript documents. Page selection and rearrangement are supported, including arrangement into signatures for booklet printing, and page merging for n-up printing.

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

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

sudo yum -y install psutils.x86_64

How To Uninstall psutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove psutils.x86_64

psutils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/epsffit
/usr/bin/getafm
/usr/bin/psbook
/usr/bin/psnup
/usr/bin/psresize
/usr/bin/psselect
/usr/bin/pstops
/usr/bin/showchar
/usr/share/doc/psutils-1.17
/usr/share/doc/psutils-1.17/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/psutils-1.17/README
/usr/share/man/man1/epsffit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/getafm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psbook.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psnup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psresize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psselect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pstops.1.gz

References

psutils.x86_64 website

Summary

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