How To Install libxklavier.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxklavier.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libxklavier.i686 is High-level API for X Keyboard Extension

Introduction

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

What is `libxklavier.i686`

libxklavier is a library providing a high-level API for the X Keyboard Extension (XKB). This library is intended to support XFree86 and other commercial X servers. It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout indicators etc).

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

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

sudo yum -y install libxklavier.i686

How To Uninstall libxklavier.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libxklavier.i686

libxklavier.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Xkl-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16
/usr/lib/libxklavier.so.16.4.0
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier-5.4
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier-5.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier-5.4/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier-5.4/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libxklavier-5.4/README

References

libxklavier.i686 website

Summary

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