How To Install libibcommon.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libibcommon.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libibcommon.i686 is OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand management common library

Introduction

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

What is `libibcommon.i686`

libibcommon provides common utility functions for the OFA diagnostic and management tools.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libibcommon.i686

How To Uninstall libibcommon.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libibcommon.i686

libibcommon.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libibcommon.so.1
/usr/lib/libibcommon.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libibcommon-1.2.0/ChangeLog

References

libibcommon.i686 website

Summary

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