How To Install libgexiv2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgexiv2.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libgexiv2.i686 is Gexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgexiv2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libgexiv2.i686`

libgexiv2 is a GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library. It makes the basic features of Exiv2 available to GNOME applications.

We can use yum to install libgexiv2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgexiv2.i686.

Install libgexiv2.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 libgexiv2.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgexiv2.i686

How To Uninstall libgexiv2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libgexiv2.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libgexiv2.i686

libgexiv2.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GExiv2-0.10.typelib
/usr/lib/libgexiv2.so.2
/usr/lib/libgexiv2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2-0.10.4
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2-0.10.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2-0.10.4/README
/usr/share/doc/libgexiv2-0.10.4/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2-0.10.4
/usr/share/licenses/libgexiv2-0.10.4/COPYING

References

libgexiv2.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgexiv2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.