How To Install libwacom.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libwacom.i686 is Tablet Information Client Library

Introduction

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

What is `libwacom.i686`

libwacom is a library that provides information about Wacom tablets and tools. This information can then be used by drivers or applications to tweak the UI or general settings to match the physical tablet.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libwacom.i686

How To Uninstall libwacom.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libwacom.i686

libwacom.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2.5.2
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/65-libwacom.rules
/usr/share/doc/libwacom-0.24
/usr/share/doc/libwacom-0.24/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwacom-0.24/README

References

libwacom.i686 website

Summary

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