How To Install libtirpc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libtirpc.x86_64 is Transport Independent RPC Library

Introduction

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

What is `libtirpc.x86_64`

This package contains SunLib’s implementation of transport-independent RPC (TI-RPC) documentation. This library forms a piece of the base of Open Network Computing (ONC), and is derived directly from the Solaris 2.3 source. TI-RPC is an enhanced version of TS-RPC that requires the UNIX System V Transport Layer Interface (TLI) or an equivalent X/Open Transport Interface (XTI). TI-RPC is on-the-wire compatible with the TS-RPC, which is supported by almost 70 vendors on all major operating systems. TS-RPC source code (RPCSRC 4.0) remains available from several internet sites.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libtirpc.x86_64

How To Uninstall libtirpc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libtirpc.x86_64

libtirpc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/netconfig
/lib64/libtirpc.so.1
/lib64/libtirpc.so.1.0.10
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/README

References

libtirpc.x86_64 website

Summary

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