How To Install libdvdread.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdvdread.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libdvdread.i686 is A library for reading DVD video discs based on Ogle code

Introduction

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

What is `libdvdread.i686`

libdvdread provides a simple foundation for reading DVD video disks. It provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libdvdread.i686

How To Uninstall libdvdread.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libdvdread.i686

libdvdread.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libdvdread.so.4
/usr/lib/libdvdread.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread/README

References

libdvdread.i686 website

Summary

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