How To Install libXaw.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXaw.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. libXaw.i686 is X Athena Widget Set

Introduction

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

What is `libXaw.i686`

Xaw is a widget set based on the X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt) Library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install libXaw.i686

How To Uninstall libXaw.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libXaw.i686

libXaw.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libXaw.so.7
/usr/lib/libXaw7.so.7
/usr/lib/libXaw7.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXaw-1.0.13
/usr/share/doc/libXaw-1.0.13/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXaw-1.0.13/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXaw-1.0.13/README

References

libXaw.i686 website

Summary

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