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Trying to install pkill on amazonlinux 2 doesn't work:

yum install -y pkill
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No package pkill available.
Error: Nothing to do

and my favourite search engine hasn't helped, what am I missing?

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pkill is part of the procps package - this may be obvious to many but was the vital missing link which I didn't realise.

So this does the trick:

yum install -y procps

After this pkill, pgrep, ps, watch and more are now available on amazonlinux.

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    "pkill is part of the procps package", right, as yum provides pkill would state. Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 14:14
  • That's good to know! Being new to yum this was not something I was aware of. Hopefully it helps someone else as un-knowledgeable as me in future :) Commented Jul 19, 2023 at 19:41
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    This also works for Amazon Linux 2023 although dnf is preferred to yum. dnf install -y procps Commented Nov 14, 2024 at 15:48

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