How To Install glib2-fam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib2-fam.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. glib2-fam.x86_64 is FAM monitoring module for GIO

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib2-fam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `glib2-fam.x86_64`

The glib2-fam package contains the FAM (File Alteration Monitor) module for GIO.

We can use yum to install glib2-fam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glib2-fam.x86_64.

Install glib2-fam.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 glib2-fam.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glib2-fam.x86_64

How To Uninstall glib2-fam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the glib2-fam.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove glib2-fam.x86_64

glib2-fam.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgiofam.so

References

glib2-fam.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib2-fam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.