How To Install kmod-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod-libs.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. kmod-libs.i686 is Libraries to handle kernel module loading and unloading

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `kmod-libs.i686`

The kmod-libs package provides runtime libraries for any application that wishes to load or unload Linux kernel modules from the running system.

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

Install kmod-libs.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 kmod-libs.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kmod-libs.i686

How To Uninstall kmod-libs.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the kmod-libs.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove kmod-libs.i686

kmod-libs.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libkmod.so.2
/usr/lib/libkmod.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs-25
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs-25/COPYING

References

kmod-libs.i686 website

Summary

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