How To Install ec2-hibinit-agent on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-hibinit-agent in AlmaLinux 8. ec2-hibinit-agent is Hibernation setup utility for Amazon EC2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-hibinit-agent on AlmaLinux 8.

What is ec2-hibinit-agent

An EC2 agent that creates a setup for instance hibernation

We can use yum or dnf to install ec2-hibinit-agent on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ec2-hibinit-agent.

Install ec2-hibinit-agent on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ec2-hibinit-agent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ec2-hibinit-agent

Install ec2-hibinit-agent on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ec2-hibinit-agent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ec2-hibinit-agent

How To Uninstall ec2-hibinit-agent on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the ec2-hibinit-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ec2-hibinit-agent

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ec2-hibinit-agent on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.