How To Install PackageKit-glib.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-glib.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. PackageKit-glib.i686 is GLib libraries for accessing PackageKit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-glib.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `PackageKit-glib.i686`

GLib libraries for accessing PackageKit.

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

Install PackageKit-glib.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 PackageKit-glib.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install PackageKit-glib.i686

How To Uninstall PackageKit-glib.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the PackageKit-glib.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove PackageKit-glib.i686

PackageKit-glib.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/PackageKitGlib-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libpackagekit-glib2.so.18
/usr/lib/libpackagekit-glib2.so.18.1.3

References

PackageKit-glib.i686 website

Summary

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