How To Install libxklavier.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxklavier.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libxklavier.x86_64 is High-level API for X Keyboard Extension

Introduction

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

What is `libxklavier.x86_64`

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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxklavier.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install libxklavier.x86_64

How To Uninstall libxklavier.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libxklavier.x86_64

libxklavier.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Xkl-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libxklavier.so.16
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

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