How To Install hesiod.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install hesiod.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. hesiod.i686 is Shared libraries for querying the Hesiod naming service

Introduction

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

What is `hesiod.i686`

Hesiod is a system which uses existing DNS functionality to provide access to databases of information that changes infrequently. It is often used to distribute information kept in the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/printcap files, among others.

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

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

sudo yum -y install hesiod.i686

How To Uninstall hesiod.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove hesiod.i686

hesiod.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/hesinfo
/usr/lib/libhesiod.so.0
/usr/lib/libhesiod.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/hesiod-3.2.1/README
/usr/share/man/man1/hesinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hesiod.conf.5.gz

References

hesiod.i686 website

Summary

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