How To Install harfbuzz.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install harfbuzz.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. harfbuzz.x86_64 is Text shaping library

Introduction

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

What is `harfbuzz.x86_64`

HarfBuzz is an implementation of the OpenType Layout engine.

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

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

sudo yum -y install harfbuzz.x86_64

How To Uninstall harfbuzz.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove harfbuzz.x86_64

harfbuzz.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

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