How To Install libXau.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXau.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libXau.i686 is Sample Authorization Protocol for X

Introduction

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

What is libXau.i686

This is a very simple mechanism for providing individual access to an X Window System display.It uses existing core protocol and library hooks for specifying authorization data in the connection setup block to restrict use of the display to only those clients that show that they know a server-specific key called a “magic cookie”.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libXau.i686

How To Uninstall libXau.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libXau.i686

libXau.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libXau.so.6
/usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXau-1.0.8/README

References

Summary

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