How To Install anaconda-widgets on CentOS 8

anaconda-widgets is A set of custom GTK+ widgets for use with anaconda A set of custom GTK+ widgets for use with anaconda

Introduction

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

What is anaconda-widgets

This package contains a set of custom GTK+ widgets used by the anaconda installer. anaconda-widgets 33.16.4.15 1.el8.0.2 x86_64 219 k anaconda-33.16.4.15-1.el8.0.2.src.rpm appstream A set of custom GTK+ widgets for use with anaconda http GPLv2+ and MIT 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 CentOS 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 CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove anaconda-widgets

anaconda-widgets Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/20e0d9326cc5e891cd8f601402d4a31553bf48
/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
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/0565d35744c8c60f77b1322b094d77ae672c60
/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

References

Summary

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