How To Install gtkmm24.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkmm24.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gtkmm24.x86_64 is C++ interface for GTK2 (a GUI library for X)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkmm24.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gtkmm24.x86_64`

gtkmm provides a C++ interface to the GTK+ GUI library. gtkmm2 wraps GTK+ 2. Highlights include typesafe callbacks, widgets extensible via inheritance and a comprehensive set of widget classes that can be freely combined to quickly create complex user interfaces.

We can use yum to install gtkmm24.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkmm24.x86_64.

Install gtkmm24.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 gtkmm24.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtkmm24.x86_64

How To Uninstall gtkmm24.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gtkmm24.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gtkmm24.x86_64

gtkmm24.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib64/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24-2.24.5
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24-2.24.5/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24-2.24.5/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24-2.24.5/README
/usr/share/licenses/gtkmm24-2.24.5
/usr/share/licenses/gtkmm24-2.24.5/COPYING

References

gtkmm24.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkmm24.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.