Warning
Amazon Linux 1 (AL1, formerly Amazon Linux AMI) is no longer supported. This guide is available only for reference purposes.
Note
AL1 is no longer the current version of Amazon Linux. AL2023 is the successor to AL1 and AL2. For more information about what's new in AL2023, see Comparing AL1 and AL2023 section in the AL2023 User Guide and the list of Package changes in AL2023.
This section describes functionality, such as features and packages, that are no longer available in AL1 and will not be added to AL2.
For information about AL1 functionality that was discontinued in earlier releases, see AL1 release notes.
For information about packages that had an EOL date earlier than the EOL of AL1, see AL1 package support status.
compat- packages
Any packages in AL1 with the prefix of compat- are provided for binary
compatibility with earlier binaries that have not yet been rebuilt for modern versions of the
package. Each new major version of Amazon Linux will not carry forward any compat-
package from prior releases.
All compat- packages in a release of Amazon Linux (such as AL1) are discontinued, and not present in
the subsequent version (AL2). We strongly recommend that software is rebuilt against updated
versions of the libraries.
