How To Install harfbuzz.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install harfbuzz.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. harfbuzz.i686 is Text shaping library

Introduction

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

What is `harfbuzz.i686`

HarfBuzz is an implementation of the OpenType Layout engine.

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

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

sudo yum -y install harfbuzz.i686

How To Uninstall harfbuzz.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove harfbuzz.i686

harfbuzz.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0
/usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0.10705.0
/usr/share/doc/harfbuzz-1.7.5
/usr/share/doc/harfbuzz-1.7.5/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/harfbuzz-1.7.5/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/harfbuzz-1.7.5/README
/usr/share/licenses/harfbuzz-1.7.5
/usr/share/licenses/harfbuzz-1.7.5/COPYING

References

harfbuzz.i686 website

Summary

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