How To Install runc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install runc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. runc.x86_64 is CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI

Introduction

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

What is `runc.x86_64`

runc is a command line client for running applications packaged according to the Open Container Initiative (OCI) format and is a compliant implementation of the Open Container Initiative specification.

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

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

sudo yum -y install runc.x86_64

How To Uninstall runc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove runc.x86_64

runc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/sbin/runc
/usr/share/doc/runc-1.0.3
/usr/share/doc/runc-1.0.3/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/runc-1.0.3
/usr/share/licenses/runc-1.0.3/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-checkpoint.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-create.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-delete.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-events.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-exec.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-kill.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-list.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-pause.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-ps.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-restore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-resume.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-run.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-spec.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-start.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-state.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc-update.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runc.8.gz

References

runc.x86_64 website

Summary

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