How To Install libmbim.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbim.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libmbim.i686 is Support library for the Mobile Broadband Interface Model protocol

Introduction

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

What is `libmbim.i686`

This package contains the libraries that make it easier to use MBIM functionality from applications that use glib.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libmbim.i686

How To Uninstall libmbim.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libmbim.i686

libmbim.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.0
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mbimcli
/usr/share/doc/libmbim-1.14.2
/usr/share/doc/libmbim-1.14.2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim-1.14.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libmbim-1.14.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim-1.14.2/README

References

libmbim.i686 website

Summary

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