How to Install and Uninstall amazon-cloudwatch-agent.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "amazon-cloudwatch-agent.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install amazon-cloudwatch-agent.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "amazon-cloudwatch-agent.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall amazon-cloudwatch-agent.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the amazon-cloudwatch-agent.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : amazon-cloudwatch-agent
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.247350.0
Release : 1.amzn2
Size : 45 M
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Amazon CloudWatch Agent
License : MIT
Description : This package provides daemon of Amazon CloudWatch Agent