How To Install cairo-gobject on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo-gobject on CentOS 8.
What is cairo-gobject
Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. This package contains functionality to make cairo graphics library integrate well with the GObject object system used by GNOME. cairo-gobject 1.15.12 3.el8 x86_64 33 k cairo-1.15.12-3.el8.src.rpm appstream GObject bindings for cairo http LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1 Cairo is a 2D graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output. This package contains functionality to make cairo graphics library integrate well with the GObject object system used by GNOME.
We can use yum or dnf to install cairo-gobject on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cairo-gobject.
Install cairo-gobject 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 cairo-gobject using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cairo-gobject
Install cairo-gobject 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 cairo-gobject using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cairo-gobject
How To Uninstall cairo-gobject on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cairo-gobject package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cairo-gobject
cairo-gobject Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/c3fa050cf74bac643f97f5a0a1d0a5097bb8b7
/usr/lib64/libcairo-gobject.so.2
/usr/lib64/libcairo-gobject.so.2.11512.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/35e5036ef788cf21bd2e14caafc4ad3590a20f
/usr/lib/libcairo-gobject.so.2
/usr/lib/libcairo-gobject.so.2.11512.0
References
- [cairo-gobject website](http://cairographics.org http://cairographics.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo-gobject on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.