How To Install recode-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install recode-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. recode-devel.x86_64 is Header files for development using recode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install recode-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is recode-devel.x86_64

The `recode’ library converts files between character sets and usages. The library recognises or produces nearly 150 different character sets and is able to transliterate files between almost any pair. When exact transliteration are not possible, it may get rid of the offending characters or fall back on approximations. Most RFC 1345 character sets are supported.

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

Install recode-devel.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 recode-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install recode-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall recode-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the recode-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove recode-devel.x86_64

recode-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/recode.h
/usr/include/recodext.h
/usr/lib64/librecode.so

References

Summary

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