How To Install qt5-qtx11extras.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtx11extras.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. qt5-qtx11extras.i686 is Qt5 - X11 support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtx11extras.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is qt5-qtx11extras.i686

The X11 Extras module provides features specific to platforms using X11, e.g. Linux and UNIX-like systems including embedded Linux systems that use the X Window System.

We can use yum to install qt5-qtx11extras.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5-qtx11extras.i686.

Install qt5-qtx11extras.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 qt5-qtx11extras.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtx11extras.i686

How To Uninstall qt5-qtx11extras.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the qt5-qtx11extras.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove qt5-qtx11extras.i686

qt5-qtx11extras.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libQt5X11Extras.so.5
/usr/lib/libQt5X11Extras.so.5.9
/usr/lib/libQt5X11Extras.so.5.9.2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras-5.9.2
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras-5.9.2/LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras-5.9.2/LICENSE.LGPL3
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras-5.9.2/LICENSE.LGPLv21
/usr/share/licenses/qt5-qtx11extras-5.9.2/LICENSE.LGPLv3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtx11extras.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.