How To Install gnome-python2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-python2.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gnome-python2.x86_64 is PyGNOME Python extension module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-python2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gnome-python2.x86_64`

The gnome-python package contains the source packages for the Python bindings for GNOME called PyGNOME. PyGNOME is an extension module for Python that provides access to the base GNOME libraries, so you have access to more widgets, a simple configuration interface, and metadata support.

We can use yum to install gnome-python2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-python2.x86_64.

Install gnome-python2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-python2.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-python2.x86_64

How To Uninstall gnome-python2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gnome-python2.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gnome-python2.x86_64

gnome-python2.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome
/usr/share/doc/gnome-python2-2.28.1
/usr/share/doc/gnome-python2-2.28.1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-python2-2.28.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gnome-python2-2.28.1/NEWS
/usr/share/pygtk/2.0/argtypes
/usr/share/pygtk/2.0/defs

References

gnome-python2.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-python2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.