How To Install OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 is OpenEXR runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `OpenEXR-libs.x86_64`

OpenEXR runtime libraries.

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

Install OpenEXR-libs.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 OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenEXR-libs.x86_64

How To Uninstall OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove OpenEXR-libs.x86_64

OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libIlmImf.so.7
/usr/lib64/libIlmImf.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1/README

References

OpenEXR-libs.x86_64 website

Summary

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