How To Install rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. rpm.x86_64 is The RPM package management system

Introduction

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

What is `rpm.x86_64`

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Each software package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package like its version, a description, etc.

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

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

sudo yum -y install rpm.x86_64

How To Uninstall rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove rpm.x86_64

rpm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/bin/rpm
/etc/rpm
/usr/bin/rpm2cpio
/usr/bin/rpmdb
/usr/bin/rpmkeys
/usr/bin/rpmquery
/usr/bin/rpmverify
/usr/lib/rpm
/usr/lib/rpm/lua
/usr/lib/rpm/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d
/usr/lib/rpm/platform
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/aarch64-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/aarch64-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alpha-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alpha-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev5-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev5-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev56-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev56-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev6-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev6-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev67-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphaev67-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphapca56-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/alphapca56-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/amd64-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/amd64-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv3l-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv3l-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv4b-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv4b-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv4l-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv4l-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv5tejl-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv5tejl-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv5tel-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv5tel-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv6l-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv6l-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv7hl-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv7hl-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv7hnl-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv7hnl-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv7l-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/armv7l-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/athlon-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/athlon-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/geode-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/geode-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i386-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i386-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i486-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i486-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i586-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i586-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i686-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/i686-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ia32e-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ia32e-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ia64-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ia64-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/m68k-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/m68k-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/noarch-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/noarch-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/pentium3-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/pentium3-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/pentium4-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/pentium4-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc32dy4-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc32dy4-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64iseries-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64iseries-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64le-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64le-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64p7-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64p7-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64pseries-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc64pseries-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc8260-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc8260-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc8560-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppc8560-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppciseries-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppciseries-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppcpseries-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/ppcpseries-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/s390-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/s390-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/s390x-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/s390x-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh3-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh3-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh4-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh4-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh4a-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sh4a-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparc-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparc-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparc64-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparc64-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparc64v-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparc64v-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparcv8-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparcv8-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparcv9-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparcv9-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparcv9v-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/sparcv9v-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/x86_64-linux
/usr/lib/rpm/platform/x86_64-linux/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/rpm.daily
/usr/lib/rpm/rpm.log
/usr/lib/rpm/rpm.supp
/usr/lib/rpm/rpm2cpio.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_dump
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_load
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_loadcvt
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_recover
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_upgrade
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmpopt-4.11.3
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc
/usr/lib/rpm/tgpg
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/rpm.conf
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rpm
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/ChangeLog.bz2
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/GROUPS
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/builddependencies
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/buildroot
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/conditionalbuilds
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/dependencies
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/format
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/hregions
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/macros
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/multiplebuilds
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/queryformat
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/relocatable
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/signatures
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/spec
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/triggers
/usr/share/doc/rpm-4.11.3/tsort
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/rpm.mo
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/rpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/rpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/rpm2cpio.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/rpmbuild.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ko/man8/rpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ko/man8/rpm2cpio.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpm2cpio.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmkeys.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man1/gendiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man8/rpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man8/rpm2cpio.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man8/rpmbuild.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man8/rpmdeps.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/rpm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/rpm2cpio.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sk/man8/rpm.8.gz
/var/lib/rpm
/var/lib/rpm/Basenames
/var/lib/rpm/Conflictname
/var/lib/rpm/Dirnames
/var/lib/rpm/Group
/var/lib/rpm/Installtid
/var/lib/rpm/Name
/var/lib/rpm/Obsoletename
/var/lib/rpm/Packages
/var/lib/rpm/Providename
/var/lib/rpm/Requirename
/var/lib/rpm/Sha1header
/var/lib/rpm/Sigmd5
/var/lib/rpm/Triggername
/var/lib/rpm/__db.001
/var/lib/rpm/__db.002
/var/lib/rpm/__db.003
/var/lib/rpm/__db.004
/var/lib/rpm/__db.005
/var/lib/rpm/__db.006
/var/lib/rpm/__db.007
/var/lib/rpm/__db.008
/var/lib/rpm/__db.009

References

rpm.x86_64 website

Summary

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