How To Install libXcursor.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXcursor.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libXcursor.i686 is Cursor management library

Introduction

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

What is `libXcursor.i686`

This is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors. Cursors can be loaded from files or memory. A library of common cursors exists which map to the standard X cursor names.Cursors can exist in several sizes and the library automatically picks the best size.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libXcursor.i686

How To Uninstall libXcursor.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libXcursor.i686

libXcursor.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor-1.1.15
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor-1.1.15/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor-1.1.15/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXcursor-1.1.15/README
/usr/share/icons/default
/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme

References

libXcursor.i686 website

Summary

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