How To Install zlib.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. zlib.i686 is The compression and decompression library

Introduction

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

What is `zlib.i686`

Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression library which is used by many different programs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install zlib.i686

How To Uninstall zlib.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove zlib.i686

zlib.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libz.so.1
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.7
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/zlib-1.2.7/README

References

zlib.i686 website

Summary

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