How to Install and Uninstall yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch" package

This is a short guide on how to install yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the yum-plugin-versionlock.noarch package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : yum-plugin-versionlock
Arch : noarch
Version : 1.1.31
Release : 46.amzn2.0.1
Size : 33 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Yum plugin to lock specified packages from being updated
URL : http://yum.baseurl.org/download/yum-utils/
License : GPLv2+
Description : This plugin takes a set of name/versions for packages and excludes
: all other versions of those packages (including optionally
: following obsoletes). This allows you to protect packages from
: being updated by newer versions, for example.