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

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "cpio.x86_64" package

Learn how to install cpio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cpio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Installed Packages
Name : cpio
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.11
Release : 28.amzn2
Size : 669 k
Repo : installed
Summary : A GNU archiving program
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
License : GPLv3+
Description : GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive.
: Archives are files which contain a collection of other files plus
: information about them, such as their file name, owner,
: timestamps, and access permissions. The archive can be another
: file on the disk, a magnetic tape, or a pipe. GNU cpio supports
: the following archive formats: binary, old ASCII, new ASCII, crc,
: HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old tar and POSIX.1 tar. By default,
: cpio creates binary format archives, so that they are compatible
: with older cpio programs. When it is extracting files from
: archives, cpio automatically recognizes which kind of archive it
: is reading and can read archives created on machines with a
: different byte-order.
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: Install cpio if you need a program to manage file archives.