How To Install scrub.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install scrub.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. scrub.x86_64 is Disk scrubbing program

Introduction

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

What is `scrub.x86_64`

Scrub writes patterns on files or disk devices to make retrieving the data more difficult. It operates in one of three modes scrubbed and all data on it is destroyed; 2) a regular file is scrubbed and only the data in the file (and optionally its name in the directory entry) is destroyed; or 3) a regular file is created, expanded until the file system is full, then scrubbed as in 2).

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

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

sudo yum -y install scrub.x86_64

How To Uninstall scrub.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove scrub.x86_64

scrub.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/scrub
/usr/share/doc/scrub-2.5.2
/usr/share/doc/scrub-2.5.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/scrub-2.5.2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/scrub-2.5.2/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/doc/scrub-2.5.2/README
/usr/share/man/man1/scrub.1.gz

References

scrub.x86_64 website

Summary

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