How To Install pango.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pango.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pango.x86_64 is System for layout and rendering of internationalized text

Introduction

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

What is `pango.x86_64`

Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout is needed, though most of the work on Pango so far has been done in the context of the GTK+ widget toolkit. Pango forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+. Pango is designed to be modular; the core Pango layout engine can be used with different font backends. The integration of Pango with Cairo provides a complete solution with high quality text handling and graphics rendering.

We can use yum to install pango.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pango.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install pango.x86_64

How To Uninstall pango.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove pango.x86_64

pango.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/pango-list
/usr/bin/pango-querymodules-64
/usr/bin/pango-view
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Pango-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/PangoCairo-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/PangoFT2-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/PangoXft-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0.4200.3
/usr/lib64/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.4200.3
/usr/lib64/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.4200.3
/usr/lib64/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.4200.3
/usr/share/doc/pango-1.42.4
/usr/share/doc/pango-1.42.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pango-1.42.4/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pango-1.42.4/README
/usr/share/licenses/pango-1.42.4
/usr/share/licenses/pango-1.42.4/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/pango-view.1.gz

References

pango.x86_64 website

Summary

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