How To Install ImageMagick-c++.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ImageMagick-c++.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. ImageMagick-c++.i686 is ImageMagick Magick++ library (C++ bindings)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ImageMagick-c++.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is ImageMagick-c++.i686

This package contains the Magick++ library, a C++ binding to the ImageMagick graphics manipulation library. Install ImageMagick-c++ if you want to use any applications that use Magick++.

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

Install ImageMagick-c++.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 ImageMagick-c++.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ImageMagick-c++.i686

How To Uninstall ImageMagick-c++.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ImageMagick-c++.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ImageMagick-c++.i686

ImageMagick-c++.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libMagick++-6.Q16.so
/usr/lib/libMagick++-6.Q16.so.8
/usr/lib/libMagick++-6.Q16.so.8.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68
/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68/README

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ImageMagick-c++.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.