How To Install LibRaw.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install LibRaw.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. LibRaw.i686 is Library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras

Introduction

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

What is LibRaw.i686

LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras (CRW/CR2, NEF, RAF, DNG, and others). LibRaw is based on the source codes of the dcraw utility, where part of drawbacks have already been eliminated and part will be fixed in future.

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

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

sudo yum -y install LibRaw.i686

How To Uninstall LibRaw.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove LibRaw.i686

LibRaw.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libraw.so.5
/usr/lib/libraw.so.5.0.0
/usr/lib/libraw_r.so.5
/usr/lib/libraw_r.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw-0.14.8
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw-0.14.8/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw-0.14.8/Changelog.rus
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw-0.14.8/Changelog.txt
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw-0.14.8/LICENSE.CDDL
/usr/share/doc/LibRaw-0.14.8/LICENSE.LGPL

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Summary

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