How To Install scap-workbench.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install scap-workbench.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. scap-workbench.x86_64 is Scanning, tailoring, editing and validation tool for SCAP content

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scap-workbench.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `scap-workbench.x86_64`

scap-workbench is GUI tool that provides scanning functionality for SCAP content. The tool is based on OpenSCAP library.

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

Install scap-workbench.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 scap-workbench.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scap-workbench.x86_64

How To Uninstall scap-workbench.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the scap-workbench.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove scap-workbench.x86_64

scap-workbench.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/scap-workbench
/usr/libexec/scap-workbench-oscap.sh
/usr/libexec/scap-workbench-pkexec-oscap.sh
/usr/libexec/scap-workbench-rpm-extract.sh
/usr/share/appdata/scap-workbench.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/scap-workbench.desktop
/usr/share/doc/scap-workbench-1.1.6/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/scap-workbench-1.1.6/README.md
/usr/share/doc/scap-workbench-1.1.6/user_manual.html
/usr/share/man/man8/scap-workbench.8.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/scap-workbench.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/scap-workbench.svg
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/scap-workbench-oscap.policy
/usr/share/scap-workbench/benchmark.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/collapsed-arrow.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/edit-redo.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/edit-undo.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/expanded-arrow.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/group.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/profile.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/rule.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/ssg_logo.png
/usr/share/scap-workbench/translations/README
/usr/share/scap-workbench/value.png

References

scap-workbench.x86_64 website

Summary

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