How To Install netpbm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install netpbm.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. netpbm.i686 is A library for handling different graphics file formats

Introduction

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

What is `netpbm.i686`

The netpbm package contains a library of functions which support programs for handling various graphics file formats, including .pbm (portable bitmaps), .pgm (portable graymaps), .pnm (portable anymaps), .ppm (portable pixmaps) and others.

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

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

sudo yum -y install netpbm.i686

How To Uninstall netpbm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove netpbm.i686

netpbm.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libnetpbm.so.11
/usr/lib/libnetpbm.so.11.79
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/COPYRIGHT.PATENT
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/GPL_LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/README
/usr/share/doc/netpbm-10.79.00/copyright_summary

References

netpbm.i686 website

Summary

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