How To Install glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 is Locale data for sw

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64`

The glibc-langpack-sw package includes the basic information required to support the sw language in your applications.

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

Install glibc-langpack-sw.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 glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64

How To Uninstall glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64

glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/locale
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/sw_KE/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/sw_TZ/LC_TIME

References

glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-langpack-sw.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.