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

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "xfsprogs.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install xfsprogs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xfsprogs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : xfsprogs
Arch : x86_64
Version : 4.5.0
Release : 18.amzn2.0.1
Size : 905 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
URL : https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org
License : GPL+ and LGPLv2+
Description : A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs.
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: XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
: on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
: support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes,
: variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of
: Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance
: and scalability.