How To Install shiboken2 on Fedora 34

shiboken2 is Python / C++ bindings generator for PySide2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken2 on Fedora 34.

What is shiboken2

Shiboken is the Python binding generator that Qt for Python uses to create the PySide module, in other words, is the system we use to expose the Qt C++ API to Python. The name Shiboken2 and PySide2 make reference to the Qt 5 compatibility, since the previous versions (without the 2) refer to Qt 4.

We can use yum or dnf to install shiboken2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shiboken2.

Install shiboken2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install shiboken2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shiboken2

Install shiboken2 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install shiboken2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install shiboken2

How To Uninstall shiboken2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the shiboken2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove shiboken2

shiboken2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/shiboken2
/usr/bin/shiboken_tool.py
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/d23422083b60125fef04ba426db0ca2893cae2
/usr/share/doc/shiboken2
/usr/share/doc/shiboken2/README.shiboken2-generator.md
/usr/share/licenses/shiboken2
/usr/share/licenses/shiboken2/LICENSE.GPLv3

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.