How To Install libutempter.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libutempter.i686 is A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates

Introduction

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

What is `libutempter.i686`

This library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libutempter.i686

How To Uninstall libutempter.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libutempter.i686

libutempter.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libutempter.so.0
/usr/lib/libutempter.so.1.1.6
/usr/libexec/utempter
/usr/libexec/utempter/utempter
/usr/share/doc/libutempter-1.1.6
/usr/share/doc/libutempter-1.1.6/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libutempter-1.1.6/README

References

libutempter.i686 website

Summary

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