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

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamin-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gamin-devel.x86_64 is Libraries, includes, etc. to embed the Gamin library

Introduction

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

What is `gamin-devel.x86_64`

This C library provides an API and ABI compatible file alteration monitor mechanism compatible with FAM but not dependent on a system wide daemon.

We can use yum to install gamin-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 gamin-devel.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install gamin-devel.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove gamin-devel.x86_64

gamin-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/fam.h
/usr/lib64/libfam.so
/usr/lib64/libgamin-1.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/gamin.pc

References

gamin-devel.x86_64 website

Summary

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