How To Install gpm-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpm-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gpm-static.x86_64 is Static development files for the gpm library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpm-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gpm-static.x86_64`

The gpm-static package includes static libraries of gpm. The gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications.

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

Install gpm-static.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 gpm-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gpm-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall gpm-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gpm-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gpm-static.x86_64

gpm-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgpm.a

References

gpm-static.x86_64 website

Summary

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