I know it was possible usint a package manager since i did it once a time ago. But now if I try
sudo yum install byobu
it just fails ...
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Setting up Install Process
No package byobu available.
Error: Nothing to do
For Amazon Linux 2:
You would need to install the EPEL release package for EL7 based AMI and enable the EPEL repository.
You may execute below: ⤵︎
sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel # Install epel from Amazon's Linux Extras
sudo yum-config-manager --enable epel # Enable EPEL repo in case disabled
sudo yum install byobu -y # Install byobu
byobu -v # Verify Version
Here is the alternative source just in case Linux Extras don't work for you.
# (optional) Install EPEL repository from Fedora
sudo yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
Reference: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-enable-epel/
Tested On
Name: Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type - ami-0323c3dd2da7fb37d (64-bit x86) / ami-0ce2e5b7d27317779 (64-bit Arm)