How To Install cairomm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install cairomm.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. cairomm.i686 is C++ API for the cairo graphics library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cairomm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `cairomm.i686`

Cairomm is the C++ API for the cairo graphics library. It offers all the power of cairo with an interface familiar to C++ developers, including use of the Standard Template Library where it makes sense.

We can use yum to install cairomm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cairomm.i686.

Install cairomm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cairomm.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cairomm.i686

How To Uninstall cairomm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the cairomm.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove cairomm.i686

cairomm.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libcairomm-1.0.so.1
/usr/lib/libcairomm-1.0.so.1.4.0
/usr/share/doc/cairomm-1.12.0
/usr/share/doc/cairomm-1.12.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cairomm-1.12.0/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cairomm-1.12.0/README
/usr/share/licenses/cairomm-1.12.0
/usr/share/licenses/cairomm-1.12.0/COPYING

References

cairomm.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cairomm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.