How To Install geoclue.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. geoclue.i686 is A modular geoinformation service

Introduction

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

What is `geoclue.i686`

Geoclue is a modular geoinformation service built on top of the D-Bus messaging system. The goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible.

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

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

sudo yum -y install geoclue.i686

How To Uninstall geoclue.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove geoclue.i686

geoclue.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libgeoclue.so.0
/usr/lib/libgeoclue.so.0.0.0
/usr/libexec/geoclue-example
/usr/libexec/geoclue-geonames
/usr/libexec/geoclue-hostip
/usr/libexec/geoclue-localnet
/usr/libexec/geoclue-manual
/usr/libexec/geoclue-master
/usr/libexec/geoclue-nominatim
/usr/libexec/geoclue-plazes
/usr/libexec/geoclue-skyhook
/usr/libexec/geoclue-yahoo
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/geoclue
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Master.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Example.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Geonames.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Hostip.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Localnet.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Manual.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Nominatim.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Plazes.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Skyhook.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.Providers.Yahoo.service
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/geoclue-0.12.99/README
/usr/share/geoclue-providers
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-example.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-geonames.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-hostip.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-localnet.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-manual.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-nominatim.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-plazes.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-skyhook.provider
/usr/share/geoclue-providers/geoclue-yahoo.provider
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.gschema.xml

References

geoclue.i686 website

Summary

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