How To Install libtirpc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libtirpc.i686 is Transport Independent RPC Library

Introduction

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

What is `libtirpc.i686`

This package contains SunLib’s implementation of transport-independent RPC (TI-RPC) documentation. This library forms a piece of the base of Open Network Computing (ONC), and is derived directly from the Solaris 2.3 source. TI-RPC is an enhanced version of TS-RPC that requires the UNIX System V Transport Layer Interface (TLI) or an equivalent X/Open Transport Interface (XTI). TI-RPC is on-the-wire compatible with the TS-RPC, which is supported by almost 70 vendors on all major operating systems. TS-RPC source code (RPCSRC 4.0) remains available from several internet sites.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libtirpc.i686

How To Uninstall libtirpc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libtirpc.i686

libtirpc.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/netconfig
/lib/libtirpc.so.1
/lib/libtirpc.so.1.0.10
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc-0.2.4/README

References

libtirpc.i686 website

Summary

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