How To Install libsolv.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libsolv.x86_64 is Package dependency solver

Introduction

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

What is libsolv.x86_64

A free package dependency solver using a satisfiability algorithm. The library is based on two major, but independent, blocks - Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information. - Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libsolv.x86_64

How To Uninstall libsolv.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libsolv.x86_64

libsolv.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libsolv.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsolvext.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libsolv-0.6.34
/usr/share/doc/libsolv-0.6.34/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsolv-0.6.34
/usr/share/licenses/libsolv-0.6.34/LICENSE.BSD

References

Summary

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