How To Install gamin.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamin.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gamin.x86_64 is Library providing the FAM File Alteration Monitor API

Introduction

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

What is `gamin.x86_64`

This C library provides an API and ABI compatible file alteration monitor mechanism compatible with FAM but not dependent on a system wide daemon.

We can use yum to install gamin.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gamin.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install gamin.x86_64

How To Uninstall gamin.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove gamin.x86_64

gamin.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libfam.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfam.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgamin-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgamin-1.so.0.1.10
/usr/libexec/gam_server
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/Copyright
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/README
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/callbacks.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/client_server.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/config.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/contacts.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/debug.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/debugging.txt
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/devel.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/differences.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/downloads.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/gamin.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/index.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/internals.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/news.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/overview.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/python.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/security.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/server_structs.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/socket.txt
/usr/share/doc/gamin-0.1.10/using.html

References

gamin.x86_64 website

Summary

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