How To Install libspectre.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspectre.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libspectre.i686 is A library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents

Introduction

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

What is `libspectre.i686`

libspectre is a small library for rendering PostScript(TM) documents. It provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering PostScript documents.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libspectre.i686

How To Uninstall libspectre.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libspectre.i686

libspectre.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1
/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1.1.8
/usr/share/doc/libspectre-0.2.8
/usr/share/doc/libspectre-0.2.8/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre-0.2.8/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libspectre-0.2.8/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libspectre-0.2.8/README
/usr/share/doc/libspectre-0.2.8/TODO

References

libspectre.i686 website

Summary

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