How To Install libattr.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libattr.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libattr.i686 is Dynamic library for extended attribute support

Introduction

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

What is `libattr.i686`

This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains the extended attribute system calls and library functions.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libattr.i686

How To Uninstall libattr.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libattr.i686

libattr.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libattr.so.1
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.0

References

libattr.i686 website

Summary

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