How To Install libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 is GTK+3 build of libindicator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libindicator-gtk3.x86_64`

A set of symbols and convenience functions that all Ayatana indicators are likely to use. This is the GTK+ 3 build of libindicator, for use by GTK+ 3 apps.

We can use yum to install libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libindicator-gtk3.x86_64.

Install libindicator-gtk3.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 libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libindicator-gtk3.x86_64

How To Uninstall libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libindicator-gtk3.x86_64

libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libindicator3.so.7
/usr/lib64/libindicator3.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1/NEWS

References

libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator-gtk3.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.