How To Install zlib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. zlib.x86_64 is The compression and decompression library

Introduction

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

What is `zlib.x86_64`

Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression library which is used by many different programs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install zlib.x86_64

How To Uninstall zlib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove zlib.x86_64

zlib.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libz.so.1
/usr/lib64/libz.so.1.2.7
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7/README

References

zlib.x86_64 website

Summary

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