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

Last updated: February 06,2025

1. Install "libpfm.i686" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpfm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpfm.i686" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpfm.i686 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : libpfm
Arch : i686
Version : 4.7.0
Release : 10.amzn2
Size : 215 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Library to encode performance events for use by perf tool
URL : http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
License : MIT
Description :
: libpfm4 is a library to help encode events for use with operating
: system kernels performance monitoring interfaces. The current
: version provides support for the perf_events interface available
: in upstream Linux kernels since v2.6.31.