How To Install fltk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install fltk.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. fltk.x86_64 is C++ user interface toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fltk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `fltk.x86_64`

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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fltk.x86_64.

Install fltk.x86_64 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.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fltk.x86_64

How To Uninstall fltk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the fltk.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove fltk.x86_64

fltk.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libfltk.so.1.3
/usr/lib64/libfltk_forms.so.1.3
/usr/lib64/libfltk_gl.so.1.3
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fltk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.