How To Install libnm-gtk.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnm-gtk.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libnm-gtk.i686 is Private libraries for NetworkManager GUI support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnm-gtk.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libnm-gtk.i686`

This package contains private libraries to be used only by nm-applet, nm-connection editor, and the GNOME Control Center.

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

Install libnm-gtk.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 libnm-gtk.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnm-gtk.i686

How To Uninstall libnm-gtk.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libnm-gtk.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libnm-gtk.i686

libnm-gtk.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/NMGtk-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libnm-gtk.so.0
/usr/lib/libnm-gtk.so.0.0.0

References

libnm-gtk.i686 website

Summary

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