How To Install libibcommon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibcommon.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libibcommon.x86_64 is OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand management common library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibcommon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libibcommon.x86_64`

libibcommon provides common utility functions for the OFA diagnostic and management tools.

We can use yum to install libibcommon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libibcommon.x86_64.

Install libibcommon.x86_64 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 libibcommon.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libibcommon.x86_64

How To Uninstall libibcommon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libibcommon.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libibcommon.x86_64

libibcommon.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libibcommon.so.1
/usr/lib64/libibcommon.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0/ChangeLog

References

libibcommon.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibcommon.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.