How to Install and Uninstall libarchive.i686 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libarchive.i686" package

This tutorial shows how to install libarchive.i686 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                libarchive.i686
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libarchive.i686" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libarchive.i686 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                libarchive.i686
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libarchive.i686 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : libarchive
Arch : i686
Version : 3.1.2
Release : 14.amzn2
Size : 352 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : A library for handling streaming archive formats
URL : http://www.libarchive.org/
License : BSD
Description : Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read
: several different streaming archive formats, including most
: popular tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU
: ar variants. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660
: CDROM images and ZIP archives.