How To Install libtool-ltdl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtool-ltdl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libtool-ltdl.x86_64 is Runtime libraries for GNU Libtool Dynamic Module Loader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtool-ltdl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libtool-ltdl.x86_64`

The libtool-ltdl package contains the GNU Libtool Dynamic Module Loader, a library that provides a consistent, portable interface which simplifies the process of using dynamic modules. These runtime libraries are needed by programs that link directly to the system-installed ltdl libraries; they are not needed by software built using the rest of the GNU Autotools (including GNU Autoconf and GNU Automake).

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

Install libtool-ltdl.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 libtool-ltdl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtool-ltdl.x86_64

How To Uninstall libtool-ltdl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libtool-ltdl.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libtool-ltdl.x86_64

libtool-ltdl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libltdl.so.7
/usr/lib64/libltdl.so.7.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libtool-ltdl-2.4.2
/usr/share/doc/libtool-ltdl-2.4.2/COPYING.LIB

References

libtool-ltdl.x86_64 website

Summary

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