How To Install libestr.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libestr.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libestr.x86_64 is String handling essentials library

Introduction

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

What is `libestr.x86_64`

This package compiles the string handling essentials library used by the Rsyslog daemon.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libestr.x86_64

How To Uninstall libestr.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libestr.x86_64

libestr.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libestr.so.0
/usr/lib64/libestr.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libestr-0.1.9/README

References

libestr.x86_64 website

Summary

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