How To Install libsolv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libsolv.i686 is Package dependency solver

Introduction

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

What is `libsolv.i686`

A free package dependency solver using a satisfiability algorithm. The library is based on two major, but independent, blocks - Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information. - Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libsolv.i686

How To Uninstall libsolv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libsolv.i686

libsolv.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libsolv.so.0
/usr/lib/libsolvext.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libsolv-0.6.34
/usr/share/doc/libsolv-0.6.34/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsolv-0.6.34
/usr/share/licenses/libsolv-0.6.34/LICENSE.BSD

References

libsolv.i686 website

Summary

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