How To Install popt.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install popt.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. popt.x86_64 is C library for parsing command line parameters

Introduction

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

What is `popt.x86_64`

Popt is a C library for parsing command line parameters. Popt was heavily influenced by the getopt() and getopt_long() functions, but it improves on them by allowing more powerful argument expansion. Popt can parse arbitrary argv[] style arrays and automatically set variables based on command line arguments. Popt allows command line arguments to be aliased via configuration files and includes utility functions for parsing arbitrary strings into argv[] arrays using shell-like rules.

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

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

sudo yum -y install popt.x86_64

How To Uninstall popt.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove popt.x86_64

popt.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/popt.d
/lib64/libpopt.so.0
/lib64/libpopt.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/popt-1.13
/usr/share/doc/popt-1.13/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/popt-1.13/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/popt.mo

References

popt.x86_64 website

Summary

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