How To Install libmx.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmx.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libmx.i686 is A clutter widget toolkit

Introduction

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

What is `libmx.i686`

Mx is a clutter widget toolkit that provides a set of standard user interface elements, including buttons, progress bars, tooltips, scroll bars and others. It also implements some standard layout managers. One other interesting feature is the possibility of setting style properties from a css-like file. It is currently used by Moblin to provide the user experience.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libmx.i686

How To Uninstall libmx.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libmx.i686

libmx.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/mx-create-image-cache
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Mx-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/MxGtk-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libmx-1.0.so.2
/usr/lib/libmx-1.0.so.2.405.0
/usr/lib/libmx-gtk-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libmx-gtk-1.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libmx-1.4.7
/usr/share/doc/libmx-1.4.7/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libmx-1.4.7/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmx-1.4.7/README
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_MX/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/mx-1.0.mo
/usr/share/mx
/usr/share/mx/style
/usr/share/mx/style/button-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/button-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/button-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/button-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/button.png
/usr/share/mx/style/checkbox-background-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/checkbox-background-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/checkbox-background-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/checkbox-background-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/checkbox-background.png
/usr/share/mx/style/checkbox-check-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/checkbox-check.png
/usr/share/mx/style/close-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/close.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-marker-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-marker-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-marker-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox-marker.png
/usr/share/mx/style/combobox.png
/usr/share/mx/style/default.css
/usr/share/mx/style/entry-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/entry-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/entry-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/entry-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/entry.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-arrow-down-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-arrow-down-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-arrow-down.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-arrow-up-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-arrow-up-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-arrow-up.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-closed-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-closed-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-closed-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-closed.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-open-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-open-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-open-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/expander-open.png
/usr/share/mx/style/frame-background.png
/usr/share/mx/style/menu-item.png
/usr/share/mx/style/menu.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-last-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-last-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-last-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-last-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button-last.png
/usr/share/mx/style/pathbar-button.png
/usr/share/mx/style/progress-bar-background.png
/usr/share/mx/style/progress-bar-bar.png
/usr/share/mx/style/resize-grip.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-down-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-down-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-down-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-down.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-left-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-left-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-left-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-left.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-right-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-right-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-right-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-right.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-up-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-up-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-up-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-button-up.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-hbackground-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-hbackground.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-hhandle-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-hhandle-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-hhandle-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-hhandle.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-vbackground-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-vbackground.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-vhandle-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-vhandle-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-vhandle-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/scroll-vhandle.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-background-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-background-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-background-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-background-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-background.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-handle-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-handle-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-handle-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-handle-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/slider-handle.png
/usr/share/mx/style/spinner.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-background-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-background-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-background.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-handle-active.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-handle-disabled.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-handle-focus.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-handle-hover.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toggle-handle.png
/usr/share/mx/style/toolbar-background.png
/usr/share/mx/style/tooltip-background.png

References

libmx.i686 website

Summary

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