How to Install and Uninstall audit.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "audit.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install audit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                audit.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "audit.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall audit.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                audit.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the audit.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : audit
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.8.1
Release : 3.amzn2.1
Size : 247 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : User space tools for 2.6 kernel auditing
URL : http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
License : GPLv2+
Description : The audit package contains the user space utilities for
: storing and searching the audit records generated by
: the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 and later kernels.