How To Install ncurses-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ncurses-static.x86_64 is Static libraries for the ncurses library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ncurses-static.x86_64`

The ncurses-static package includes static libraries of the ncurses library.

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

Install ncurses-static.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 ncurses-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ncurses-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall ncurses-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ncurses-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ncurses-static.x86_64

ncurses-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libcurses.a
/usr/lib64/libform.a
/usr/lib64/libform_g.a
/usr/lib64/libformw.a
/usr/lib64/libformw_g.a
/usr/lib64/libmenu.a
/usr/lib64/libmenu_g.a
/usr/lib64/libmenuw.a
/usr/lib64/libmenuw_g.a
/usr/lib64/libncurses++.a
/usr/lib64/libncurses++_g.a
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w.a
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w_g.a
/usr/lib64/libncurses.a
/usr/lib64/libncurses_g.a
/usr/lib64/libncursesw.a
/usr/lib64/libncursesw_g.a
/usr/lib64/libpanel.a
/usr/lib64/libpanel_g.a
/usr/lib64/libpanelw.a
/usr/lib64/libpanelw_g.a
/usr/lib64/libtic.a
/usr/lib64/libtic_g.a
/usr/lib64/libtinfo.a
/usr/lib64/libtinfo_g.a

References

ncurses-static.x86_64 website

Summary

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