How To Install libical.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libical.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libical.i686 is Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and

Introduction

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

What is `libical.i686`

Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and serialization format used in dozens of calendaring and scheduling products.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libical.i686

How To Uninstall libical.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libical.i686

libical.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/libical-3.0.3.typelib
/usr/lib/libical.so.3
/usr/lib/libical.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libical_cxx.so.3
/usr/lib/libical_cxx.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libicalss.so.3
/usr/lib/libicalss.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libicalss_cxx.so.3
/usr/lib/libicalss_cxx.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libicalvcal.so.3
/usr/lib/libicalvcal.so.3.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.3/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.3/ReadMe.txt
/usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.3/THANKS
/usr/share/gir-1.0/libical-3.0.3.gir

References

libical.i686 website

Summary

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