How To Install libestr.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libestr.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libestr.i686 is String handling essentials library

Introduction

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

What is `libestr.i686`

This package compiles the string handling essentials library used by the Rsyslog daemon.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libestr.i686

How To Uninstall libestr.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libestr.i686

libestr.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libestr.so.0
/usr/lib/libestr.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/README

References

libestr.i686 website

Summary

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