How To Install cups-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-libs.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. cups-libs.i686 is CUPS printing system - libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `cups-libs.i686`

CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. It has been developed by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces. The cups-libs package provides libraries used by applications to use CUPS natively, without needing the lp/lpr commands.

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

Install cups-libs.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 cups-libs.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cups-libs.i686

How To Uninstall cups-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the cups-libs.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove cups-libs.i686

cups-libs.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libcups.so.2
/usr/lib/libcupscgi.so.1
/usr/lib/libcupsimage.so.2
/usr/lib/libcupsmime.so.1
/usr/lib/libcupsppdc.so.1
/usr/share/doc/cups-libs-1.6.3
/usr/share/doc/cups-libs-1.6.3/LICENSE.txt

References

cups-libs.i686 website

Summary

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