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

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "sharutils.x86_64" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall sharutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : sharutils
Arch : x86_64
Version : 4.13.3
Release : 8.amzn2.0.2
Size : 254 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : The GNU shar utilities for packaging and unpackaging shell
: archives
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/
License : GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+ and (LGPLv3+ or BSD) and LGPLv2+ and Public
: Domain and GFDL
Description : The sharutils package contains the GNU shar utilities, a set of
: tools for encoding and decoding packages of files (in binary or
: text format) in a special plain text format called shell archives
: (shar). This format can be sent through e-mail (which can be
: problematic for regular binary files). The shar utility supports
: a wide range of capabilities (compressing, uuencoding, splitting
: long files for multi-part mailings, providing check-sums), which
: make it very flexible at creating shar files. After the files
: have been sent, the unshar tool scans mail messages looking for
: shar files. Unshar automatically strips off mail headers and
: introductory text and then unpacks the shar files.