How To Install libpurple-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libpurple-devel.x86_64 is Development headers, documentation, and libraries for libpurple

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libpurple-devel.x86_64

The libpurple-devel package contains the header files, developer documentation, and libraries required for development of libpurple based instant messaging clients or plugins for any libpurple based client.

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

Install libpurple-devel.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 libpurple-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpurple-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall libpurple-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libpurple-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libpurple-devel.x86_64

libpurple-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/libpurple
/usr/include/libpurple/account.h
/usr/include/libpurple/accountopt.h
/usr/include/libpurple/blist.h
/usr/include/libpurple/buddyicon.h
/usr/include/libpurple/certificate.h
/usr/include/libpurple/cipher.h
/usr/include/libpurple/circbuffer.h
/usr/include/libpurple/cmds.h
/usr/include/libpurple/connection.h
/usr/include/libpurple/conversation.h
/usr/include/libpurple/core.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dbus-bindings.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dbus-define-api.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dbus-maybe.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dbus-purple.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dbus-server.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dbus-types.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dbus-useful.h
/usr/include/libpurple/debug.h
/usr/include/libpurple/desktopitem.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dnsquery.h
/usr/include/libpurple/dnssrv.h
/usr/include/libpurple/eventloop.h
/usr/include/libpurple/ft.h
/usr/include/libpurple/gaim-compat.h
/usr/include/libpurple/idle.h
/usr/include/libpurple/imgstore.h
/usr/include/libpurple/log.h
/usr/include/libpurple/marshallers.h
/usr/include/libpurple/media
/usr/include/libpurple/media-gst.h
/usr/include/libpurple/media.h
/usr/include/libpurple/media/backend-iface.h
/usr/include/libpurple/media/candidate.h
/usr/include/libpurple/media/codec.h
/usr/include/libpurple/media/enum-types.h
/usr/include/libpurple/mediamanager.h
/usr/include/libpurple/mime.h
/usr/include/libpurple/nat-pmp.h
/usr/include/libpurple/network.h
/usr/include/libpurple/notify.h
/usr/include/libpurple/ntlm.h
/usr/include/libpurple/plugin.h
/usr/include/libpurple/pluginpref.h
/usr/include/libpurple/pounce.h
/usr/include/libpurple/prefs.h
/usr/include/libpurple/privacy.h
/usr/include/libpurple/proxy.h
/usr/include/libpurple/prpl.h
/usr/include/libpurple/purple.h
/usr/include/libpurple/request.h
/usr/include/libpurple/roomlist.h
/usr/include/libpurple/savedstatuses.h
/usr/include/libpurple/server.h
/usr/include/libpurple/signals.h
/usr/include/libpurple/smiley.h
/usr/include/libpurple/sound-theme-loader.h
/usr/include/libpurple/sound-theme.h
/usr/include/libpurple/sound.h
/usr/include/libpurple/sslconn.h
/usr/include/libpurple/status.h
/usr/include/libpurple/stringref.h
/usr/include/libpurple/stun.h
/usr/include/libpurple/theme-loader.h
/usr/include/libpurple/theme-manager.h
/usr/include/libpurple/theme.h
/usr/include/libpurple/upnp.h
/usr/include/libpurple/util.h
/usr/include/libpurple/value.h
/usr/include/libpurple/version.h
/usr/include/libpurple/whiteboard.h
/usr/include/libpurple/xmlnode.h
/usr/lib64/libpurple-client.so
/usr/lib64/libpurple.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/purple.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/purple.m4

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Summary

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