How To Install qca2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca2.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. qca2.i686 is Qt Cryptographic Architecture

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `qca2.i686`

Taking a hint from the similarly-named Java Cryptography Architecture, QCA aims to provide a straightforward and cross-platform crypto API, using Qt datatypes and conventions. QCA separates the API from the implementation, using plugins known as Providers. The advantage of this model is to allow applications to avoid linking to or explicitly depending on any particular cryptographic library. This allows one to easily change or upgrade crypto implementations without even needing to recompile the application!

We can use yum to install qca2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qca2.i686.

Install qca2.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 qca2.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qca2.i686

How To Uninstall qca2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the qca2.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove qca2.i686

qca2.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/qcatool2
/usr/lib/libqca.so.2
/usr/lib/libqca.so.2.0
/usr/lib/libqca.so.2.0.3
/usr/share/doc/qca2-2.0.3
/usr/share/doc/qca2-2.0.3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/qca2-2.0.3/README
/usr/share/doc/qca2-2.0.3/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/qcatool2.1.gz

References

qca2.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca2.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.