How To Install compat-libtiff3.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-libtiff3.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. compat-libtiff3.i686 is Compatibility package for libtiff 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-libtiff3.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is compat-libtiff3.i686

The libtiff3 package provides libtiff 3, an older version of libtiff library for manipulating TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image format files. This version should be used only if you are unable to use the current version of libtiff.

We can use yum to install compat-libtiff3.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-libtiff3.i686.

Install compat-libtiff3.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 compat-libtiff3.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-libtiff3.i686

How To Uninstall compat-libtiff3.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the compat-libtiff3.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove compat-libtiff3.i686

compat-libtiff3.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
/usr/lib/libtiff.so.3.9.4
/usr/lib/libtiffxx.so.3
/usr/lib/libtiffxx.so.3.9.4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-libtiff3.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.