How To Install python-ethtool.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ethtool.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. python-ethtool.x86_64 is Ethernet settings python bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ethtool.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `python-ethtool.x86_64`

Python bindings for the ethtool kernel interface, that allows querying and changing of Ethernet card settings, such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, and PCI locations.

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

Install python-ethtool.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 python-ethtool.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-ethtool.x86_64

How To Uninstall python-ethtool.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python-ethtool.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python-ethtool.x86_64

python-ethtool.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ethtool-0.8-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ethtool.so
/usr/sbin/pethtool
/usr/sbin/pifconfig
/usr/share/doc/python-ethtool-0.8
/usr/share/doc/python-ethtool-0.8/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/pethtool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pifconfig.8.gz

References

python-ethtool.x86_64 website

Summary

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