How To Install xz-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xz-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xz-devel.x86_64 is Devel libraries & headers for liblzma

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xz-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is xz-devel.x86_64

Devel libraries and headers for liblzma.

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

Install xz-devel.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 xz-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xz-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall xz-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xz-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xz-devel.x86_64

xz-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/lzma
/usr/include/lzma.h
/usr/include/lzma/base.h
/usr/include/lzma/bcj.h
/usr/include/lzma/block.h
/usr/include/lzma/check.h
/usr/include/lzma/container.h
/usr/include/lzma/delta.h
/usr/include/lzma/filter.h
/usr/include/lzma/hardware.h
/usr/include/lzma/index.h
/usr/include/lzma/index_hash.h
/usr/include/lzma/lzma12.h
/usr/include/lzma/stream_flags.h
/usr/include/lzma/version.h
/usr/include/lzma/vli.h
/usr/lib64/liblzma.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/liblzma.pc

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Summary

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