How To Install glibc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. glibc.x86_64 is The GNU libc libraries

Introduction

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

What is `glibc.x86_64`

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important sets of shared libraries standard C library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a Linux system will not function.

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

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

sudo yum -y install glibc.x86_64

How To Uninstall glibc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove glibc.x86_64

glibc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/gai.conf
/etc/ld.so.cache
/etc/ld.so.conf
/etc/ld.so.conf.d
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/rpc
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/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
/lib64/libBrokenLocale-2.26.so
/lib64/libBrokenLocale.so.1
/lib64/libSegFault.so
/lib64/libanl-2.26.so
/lib64/libanl.so.1
/lib64/libc-2.26.so
/lib64/libc.so.6
/lib64/libcidn-2.26.so
/lib64/libcidn.so.1
/lib64/libdl-2.26.so
/lib64/libdl.so.2
/lib64/libm-2.26.so
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/lib64/libmvec-2.26.so
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/lib64/libnsl-2.26.so
/lib64/libnsl.so.1
/lib64/libnss_compat-2.26.so
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/lib64/libnss_dns-2.26.so
/lib64/libnss_dns.so.2
/lib64/libnss_files-2.26.so
/lib64/libnss_files.so.2
/lib64/libpthread-2.26.so
/lib64/libpthread.so.0
/lib64/libresolv-2.26.so
/lib64/libresolv.so.2
/lib64/librt-2.26.so
/lib64/librt.so.1
/lib64/libthread_db-1.0.so
/lib64/libthread_db.so.1
/lib64/libutil-2.26.so
/lib64/libutil.so.1
/sbin/ldconfig
/sbin/sln
/usr/lib64/audit
/usr/lib64/audit/sotruss-lib.so
/usr/lib64/gconv
/usr/lib64/gconv/ANSI_X3.110.so
/usr/lib64/gconv/ARMSCII-8.so
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/usr/lib64/gconv/UTF-16.so
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References

glibc.x86_64 website

Summary

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