How To Install fltk.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install fltk.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. fltk.i686 is C++ user interface toolkit

Introduction

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

What is `fltk.i686`

FLTK (pronounced “fulltick”) is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit. It provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat, and supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT emulation.

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

Install fltk.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 fltk.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fltk.i686

How To Uninstall fltk.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove fltk.i686

fltk.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libfltk.so.1.3
/usr/lib/libfltk_forms.so.1.3
/usr/lib/libfltk_gl.so.1.3
/usr/lib/libfltk_images.so.1.3
/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.3.4
/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.3.4/ANNOUNCEMENT
/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.3.4/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.3.4/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.3.4/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.3.4/README

References

fltk.i686 website

Summary

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