How To Install anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8. anaconda-widgets is A set of custom GTK+ widgets for use with anaconda

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8.

What is anaconda-widgets

This package contains a set of custom GTK+ widgets used by the anaconda installer.

We can use yum or dnf to install anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install anaconda-widgets.

Install anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install anaconda-widgets

Install anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install anaconda-widgets using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install anaconda-widgets

How To Uninstall anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the anaconda-widgets package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove anaconda-widgets

anaconda-widgets Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/579b98e353fcd27bf6be780427d29287df6ae6
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/AnacondaWidgets-3.3.typelib
/usr/lib64/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4
/usr/lib64/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/AnacondaWidgets.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/8db2c2fa25ce0f381f62fdea1b3a332c2f27d5
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/AnacondaWidgets-3.3.typelib
/usr/lib/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4
/usr/lib/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/AnacondaWidgets.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.pyc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-widgets on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.