How To Install libluksmeta.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libluksmeta.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libluksmeta.i686 is Library for storing small metadata in the LUKSv1 header

Introduction

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

What is `libluksmeta.i686`

LUKSMeta is a C library for storing small portions of metadata in the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libluksmeta.i686

How To Uninstall libluksmeta.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libluksmeta.i686

libluksmeta.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libluksmeta.so.0
/usr/lib/libluksmeta.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta-8
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta-8/COPYING

References

libluksmeta.i686 website

Summary

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