How To Install libindicator.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libindicator.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libindicator.i686 is Shared functions for Ayatana indicators

Introduction

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

What is `libindicator.i686`

A set of symbols and convenience functions that all Ayatana indicators are likely to use.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libindicator.i686

How To Uninstall libindicator.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libindicator.i686

libindicator.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libindicator.so.7
/usr/lib/libindicator.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-12.10.1
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-12.10.1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-12.10.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-12.10.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libindicator-12.10.1/NEWS

References

libindicator.i686 website

Summary

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