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

Last updated: January 06,2025

1. Install "libuuid.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install libuuid.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libuuid.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Installed Packages
Name : libuuid
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.30.2
Release : 2.amzn2.0.7
Size : 21 k
Repo : installed
Summary : Universally unique ID library
URL : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
License : BSD
Description : This is the universally unique ID library, part of util-linux.
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: The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit universally
: unique id's (UUID's). A UUID is an identifier that is unique
: across both space and time, with respect to the space of all
: UUIDs. A UUID can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging
: objects with an extremely short lifetime, to reliably identifying
: very persistent objects across a network.
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: See also the "uuid" package, which is a separate implementation.