How to Install and Uninstall os-prober.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "os-prober.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install os-prober.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 "os-prober.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall os-prober.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 os-prober.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : os-prober
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.58
Release : 9.amzn2.0.2
Size : 42 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Probes disks on the system for installed operating systems
URL : http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/os-prober/
License : GPLv2+ and GPL+
Description : This package detects other OSes available on a system and outputs
: the results in a generic machine-readable format. Support for new
: OSes and Linux distributions can be added easily.