How To Install libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 is Library and command line tools for building AppStream metadata

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64

This library and command line tool is used for building AppStream metadata from a directory of packages.

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

Install libappstream-glib-builder.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 libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64

How To Uninstall libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64

libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/appstream-builder
/usr/lib64/asb-plugins-5/libasb_plugin_appdata.so
/usr/lib64/asb-plugins-5/libasb_plugin_desktop.so
/usr/lib64/asb-plugins-5/libasb_plugin_font.so
/usr/lib64/asb-plugins-5/libasb_plugin_gettext.so
/usr/lib64/asb-plugins-5/libasb_plugin_hardcoded.so
/usr/lib64/asb-plugins-5/libasb_plugin_shell_extension.so
/usr/lib64/libappstream-builder.so.8
/usr/lib64/libappstream-builder.so.8.0.10
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/appstream-builder
/usr/share/licenses/libappstream-glib-builder-0.7.8
/usr/share/licenses/libappstream-glib-builder-0.7.8/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/appstream-builder.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libappstream-glib-builder.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.