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

Last updated: January 08,2025

1. Install "yum-updateonboot.noarch" package

This tutorial shows how to install yum-updateonboot.noarch on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                yum-updateonboot.noarch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "yum-updateonboot.noarch" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall yum-updateonboot.noarch on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : yum-updateonboot
Arch : noarch
Version : 1.1.31
Release : 46.amzn2.0.1
Size : 26 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Run yum update on system boot
URL : http://yum.baseurl.org/download/yum-utils/
License : GPLv2+
Description : Runs yum update on system boot. This allows machines that have
: been turned off for an extended amount of time to become secure
: immediately, instead of waiting until the next early morning cron
: job.