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

In this tutorial we learn how to install qpdf-libs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. qpdf-libs.x86_64 is QPDF library for transforming PDF files

Introduction

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

What is `qpdf-libs.x86_64`

QPDF is a C++ library that inspect and manipulate the structure of PDF files. It can encrypt and linearize files, expose the internals of a PDF file, and do many other operations useful to PDF developers.

We can use yum to install qpdf-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 qpdf-libs.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install qpdf-libs.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove qpdf-libs.x86_64

qpdf-libs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libqpdf.so.13
/usr/lib64/libqpdf.so.13.0.1
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs-5.0.1
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs-5.0.1/Artistic-2.0
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs-5.0.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs-5.0.1/README
/usr/share/doc/qpdf-libs-5.0.1/TODO

References

qpdf-libs.x86_64 website

Summary

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