How To Install yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 is A fast metadata parser for yum

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `yum-metadata-parser.x86_64`

Fast metadata parser for yum implemented in C.

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

Install yum-metadata-parser.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 yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yum-metadata-parser.x86_64

How To Uninstall yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove yum-metadata-parser.x86_64

yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/_sqlitecache.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlitecachec.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlitecachec.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/sqlitecachec.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/yum_metadata_parser-1.1.4-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.4
/usr/share/doc/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.4/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.4/README

References

yum-metadata-parser.x86_64 website

Summary

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