How To Install gdbm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdbm.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. gdbm.i686 is A GNU set of database routines which use extensible hashing

Introduction

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

What is `gdbm.i686`

Gdbm is a GNU database indexing library, including routines which use extensible hashing. Gdbm works in a similar way to standard UNIX dbm routines. Gdbm is useful for developers who write C applications and need access to a simple and efficient database or who are building C applications which will use such a database. If you’re a C developer and your programs need access to simple database routines, you should install gdbm. You’ll also need to install gdbm-devel.

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

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

sudo yum -y install gdbm.i686

How To Uninstall gdbm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove gdbm.i686

gdbm.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gdbm_dump
/usr/bin/gdbm_load
/usr/bin/gdbmtool
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.4
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.4
/usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gdbm-1.13
/usr/share/doc/gdbm-1.13/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gdbm-1.13/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gdbm-1.13/NOTE-WARNING
/usr/share/doc/gdbm-1.13/README
/usr/share/doc/gdbm-1.13/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/gdbm-1.13
/usr/share/licenses/gdbm-1.13/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gdbm_dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdbm_load.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gdbmtool.1.gz

References

gdbm.i686 website

Summary

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