How To Install libzip.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libzip.i686 is C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives

Introduction

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

What is `libzip.i686`

libzip is a C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives. Files can be added from data buffers, files, or compressed data copied directly from other zip archives. Changes made without closing the archive can be reverted. The API is documented by man pages.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libzip.i686

How To Uninstall libzip.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libzip.i686

libzip.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libzip.so.5
/usr/lib/libzip.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libzip-1.3.2
/usr/share/licenses/libzip-1.3.2/LICENSE

References

libzip.i686 website

Summary

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