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

Last updated: February 05,2025

1. Install "systemd.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install systemd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall systemd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Installed Packages
Name : systemd
Arch : x86_64
Version : 219
Release : 78.amzn2.0.15
Size : 22 M
Repo : installed
From repo : amzn2-core
Summary : A System and Service Manager
URL : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
License : LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+
Description : systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with
: SysV and LSB init scripts. systemd provides aggressive
: parallelization capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for
: starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, keeps
: track of processes using Linux cgroups, supports snapshotting and
: restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount
: points and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based
: service control logic. It can work as a drop-in replacement for
: sysvinit.