How To Install libcollection.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollection.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libcollection.i686 is Collection data-type for C

Introduction

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

What is `libcollection.i686`

A data-type to collect data in a hierarchical structure for easy iteration and serialization

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

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

sudo yum -y install libcollection.i686

How To Uninstall libcollection.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libcollection.i686

libcollection.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libcollection.so.2
/usr/lib/libcollection.so.2.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libcollection-0.7.0
/usr/share/doc/libcollection-0.7.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libcollection-0.7.0/COPYING.LESSER

References

libcollection.i686 website

Summary

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