How To Install exiv2-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2-libs.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. exiv2-libs.i686 is Exif and Iptc metadata manipulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is exiv2-libs.i686

A C++ library to access image metadata, supporting full read and write access to the Exif and Iptc metadata, Exif MakerNote support, extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails, classes to access Ifd and so on.

We can use yum to install exiv2-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exiv2-libs.i686.

Install exiv2-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 exiv2-libs.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exiv2-libs.i686

How To Uninstall exiv2-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the exiv2-libs.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove exiv2-libs.i686

exiv2-libs.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.0.27.0
/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.27

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exiv2-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.