How To Install libqmi.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqmi.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libqmi.i686 is Support library to use the Qualcomm MSM Interface (QMI) protocol

Introduction

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

What is `libqmi.i686`

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

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

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

sudo yum -y install libqmi.i686

How To Uninstall libqmi.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libqmi.i686

libqmi.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libqmi-glib.so.1
/usr/lib/libqmi-glib.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libqmi-glib.so.5
/usr/lib/libqmi-glib.so.5.2.0
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/qmicli
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libqmi-1.18.0/README
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi-1.18.0
/usr/share/licenses/libqmi-1.18.0/COPYING

References

libqmi.i686 website

Summary

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