How To Install scl-utils-build.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils-build.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. scl-utils-build.x86_64 is RPM build macros for alternative packaging

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils-build.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `scl-utils-build.x86_64`

Essential RPM build macros for alternative packaging.

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

Install scl-utils-build.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 scl-utils-build.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scl-utils-build.x86_64

How To Uninstall scl-utils-build.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the scl-utils-build.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove scl-utils-build.x86_64

scl-utils-build.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/rpm/macros.scl
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-scl-compress
/usr/lib/rpm/brp-scl-python-bytecompile
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/scl.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/scldeps.sh

References

scl-utils-build.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils-build.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.