How To Install libcmpiutil.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmpiutil.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libcmpiutil.x86_64 is CMPI Utility Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmpiutil.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libcmpiutil.x86_64`

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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcmpiutil.x86_64.

Install libcmpiutil.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 libcmpiutil.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcmpiutil.x86_64

How To Uninstall libcmpiutil.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libcmpiutil.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libcmpiutil.x86_64

libcmpiutil.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libcmpiutil.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcmpiutil.so.0.5.7
/usr/lib64/libcueoparser.so.0
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmpiutil.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.