How To Install libcmpiutil.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmpiutil.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libcmpiutil.i686 is CMPI Utility Library

Introduction

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

What is `libcmpiutil.i686`

Libcmpiutil is a library of utility functions for CMPI providers. The goal is to reduce the amount of repetitive work done in most CMPI providers by encapsulating common procedures with more “normal” APIs. This extends from operations like getting typed instance properties to standardizing method dispatch and argument checking.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libcmpiutil.i686

How To Uninstall libcmpiutil.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libcmpiutil.i686

libcmpiutil.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libcmpiutil.so.0
/usr/lib/libcmpiutil.so.0.5.7
/usr/lib/libcueoparser.so.0
/usr/lib/libcueoparser.so.0.5.7
/usr/share/doc/libcmpiutil-0.5.7
/usr/share/doc/libcmpiutil-0.5.7/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libcmpiutil-0.5.7/README
/usr/share/doc/libcmpiutil-0.5.7/doxygen.conf
/usr/share/doc/libcmpiutil-0.5.7/mainpage

References

libcmpiutil.i686 website

Summary

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