How To Install squid-migration-script.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-migration-script.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. squid-migration-script.x86_64 is Migration script for squid caching proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-migration-script.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is squid-migration-script.x86_64

The squid-migration-script contains scripts for squid configuration migration and script which prepares squid for downgrade operation.

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

Install squid-migration-script.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 squid-migration-script.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install squid-migration-script.x86_64

How To Uninstall squid-migration-script.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the squid-migration-script.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove squid-migration-script.x86_64

squid-migration-script.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/squid-migrate-conf.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-migration-script.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.