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

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "libuuid.i686" package

This is a short guide on how to install libuuid.i686 on Amazon Linux 2


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libuuid.i686 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : libuuid
Arch : i686
Version : 2.30.2
Release : 2.amzn2.0.7
Size : 81 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Universally unique ID library
URL : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
License : BSD
Description : This is the universally unique ID library, part of util-linux.
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: The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit universally
: unique id's (UUID's). A UUID is an identifier that is unique
: across both space and time, with respect to the space of all
: UUIDs. A UUID can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging
: objects with an extremely short lifetime, to reliably identifying
: very persistent objects across a network.
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: See also the "uuid" package, which is a separate implementation.