How To Install x86info.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install x86info.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. x86info.x86_64 is x86 processor information tool.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x86info.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `x86info.x86_64`

x86info displays diagnostic information about x86 processors, such as cache configuration and supported features.

We can use yum to install x86info.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x86info.x86_64.

Install x86info.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 x86info.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x86info.x86_64

How To Uninstall x86info.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the x86info.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove x86info.x86_64

x86info.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/sbin/lsmsr
/usr/sbin/x86info
/usr/share/man/man1/x86info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lsmsr.8.gz

References

x86info.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x86info.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.