How To Install gtkspell.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkspell.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. gtkspell.i686 is On-the-fly spell checking for GtkTextView widgets

Introduction

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

What is `gtkspell.i686`

GtkSpell provides word-processor-style highlighting and replacement of misspelled words in a GtkTextView widget as you type. Right-clicking a misspelled word pops up a menu of suggested replacements.

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

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

sudo yum -y install gtkspell.i686

How To Uninstall gtkspell.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove gtkspell.i686

gtkspell.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0
/usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16/README
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/rm/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo

References

gtkspell.i686 website

Summary

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