How To Install openobex.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install openobex.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. openobex.i686 is Library for using OBEX

Introduction

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

What is `openobex.i686`

OBEX (OBject EXchange) is a protocol usually used by various mobile devices to exchange all kind of objects like files, pictures, calendar entries (vCal) and business cards (vCard). This package contains the Open OBEX shared C library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install openobex.i686

How To Uninstall openobex.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove openobex.i686

openobex.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libopenobex.so.1
/usr/lib/libopenobex.so.1.4.1
/usr/share/doc/openobex-1.5
/usr/share/doc/openobex-1.5/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openobex-1.5/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/openobex-1.5/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/openobex-1.5/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/openobex-1.5/README

References

openobex.i686 website

Summary

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