How To Install sqlite.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. sqlite.i686 is Library that implements an embeddable SQL database engine

Introduction

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

What is `sqlite.i686`

SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. A large subset of SQL92 is supported. A complete database is stored in a single disk file. The API is designed for convenience and ease of use. Applications that link against SQLite can enjoy the power and flexibility of an SQL database without the administrative hassles of supporting a separate database server. Version 2 and version 3 binaries are named to permit each to be installed on a single host

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

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

sudo yum -y install sqlite.i686

How To Uninstall sqlite.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove sqlite.i686

sqlite.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/sqlite3
/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0
/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
/usr/share/doc/sqlite-3.7.17
/usr/share/doc/sqlite-3.7.17/README
/usr/share/man/man1/sqlite3.1.gz

References

sqlite.i686 website

Summary

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