How To Install libthai.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libthai.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libthai.i686 is Thai language support routines

Introduction

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

What is `libthai.i686`

LibThai is a set of Thai language support routines aimed to ease developers’ tasks to incorporate Thai language support in their applications. It includes important Thai-specific functions e.g. word breaking, input and output methods as well as basic character and string supports.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libthai.i686

How To Uninstall libthai.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libthai.i686

libthai.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libthai.so.0
/usr/lib/libthai.so.0.1.6
/usr/share/doc/libthai-0.1.14
/usr/share/doc/libthai-0.1.14/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libthai-0.1.14/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libthai-0.1.14/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libthai-0.1.14/README
/usr/share/doc/libthai-0.1.14/TODO
/usr/share/libthai
/usr/share/libthai/thbrk.tri

References

libthai.i686 website

Summary

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