How To Install libqmi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqmi.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libqmi.x86_64 is Support library to use the Qualcomm MSM Interface (QMI) protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqmi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libqmi.x86_64`

This package contains the libraries that make it easier to use QMI functionality from applications that use glib.

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

Install libqmi.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 libqmi.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libqmi.x86_64

How To Uninstall libqmi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libqmi.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libqmi.x86_64

libqmi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libqmi-glib.so.1
/usr/lib64/libqmi-glib.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libqmi-glib.so.5
/usr/lib64/libqmi-glib.so.5.2.0
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/qmicli
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0/README
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi-1.18.0
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi-1.18.0/COPYING

References

libqmi.x86_64 website

Summary

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