How To Install gtk2-immodules.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-immodules.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gtk2-immodules.x86_64 is Input methods for GTK+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-immodules.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gtk2-immodules.x86_64`

The gtk2-immodules package contains standalone input methods that are shipped as part of GTK+.

We can use yum to install gtk2-immodules.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtk2-immodules.x86_64.

Install gtk2-immodules.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 gtk2-immodules.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtk2-immodules.x86_64

How To Uninstall gtk2-immodules.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gtk2-immodules.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gtk2-immodules.x86_64

gtk2-immodules.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/im-cedilla.conf
/etc/gtk-2.0
/etc/gtk-2.0/im-multipress.conf
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-am-et.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cyrillic-translit.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-inuktitut.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ipa.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-multipress.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-thai.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-er.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-et.so
/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-viqr.so

References

gtk2-immodules.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-immodules.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.