How To Install sysctl-defaults.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysctl-defaults.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. sysctl-defaults.noarch is Linux sysctl defaults suitable for the Amazon Linux AMI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysctl-defaults.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `sysctl-defaults.noarch`

Linux sysctl defaults suitable for the Amazon Linux AMI on EC2.

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

Install sysctl-defaults.noarch 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 sysctl-defaults.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sysctl-defaults.noarch

How To Uninstall sysctl-defaults.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the sysctl-defaults.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove sysctl-defaults.noarch

sysctl-defaults.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/sysctl.d
/etc/sysctl.d/00-defaults.conf

References

sysctl-defaults.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysctl-defaults.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.