How To Install systemd-networkd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-networkd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. systemd-networkd.x86_64 is System service that manages networks.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-networkd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is systemd-networkd.x86_64

systemd-networkd is a system service that manages networks. It detects and configures network devices as they appear, as well as creating virtual network devices.

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

Install systemd-networkd.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 systemd-networkd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemd-networkd.x86_64

How To Uninstall systemd-networkd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the systemd-networkd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove systemd-networkd.x86_64

systemd-networkd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.network1.conf
/usr/bin/networkctl
/usr/lib/systemd/network
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.network1.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.network1.service
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.link.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.netdev.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.network.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journal-gatewayd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journal-gatewayd.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journal-remote.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-networkd-wait-online.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-networkd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-networkd.service.8.gz

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Summary

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