How To Install xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 is Xorg X11 Intel video driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686`

X.Org X11 Intel video driver.

We can use yum to install xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686.

Install xorg-x11-drv-intel.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 xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686

xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libIntelXvMC.so.1
/usr/lib/libIntelXvMC.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
/usr/libexec/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man4/intel-virtual-output.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/intel.4.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.x.xf86-video-intel.backlight-helper.policy

References

xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.