How To Install gobject-introspection on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gobject-introspection on CentOS 8.
What is gobject-introspection
GObject Introspection can scan C header and source files in order to generate introspection “typelib” files. It also provides an API to examine typelib files, useful for creating language bindings among other things. gobject-introspection 1.56.1 1.el8 x86_64 255 k gobject-introspection-1.56.1-1.el8.src.rpm baseos Introspection system for GObject-based libraries https GPLv2+, LGPLv2+, MIT GObject Introspection can scan C header and source files in order to generate introspection “typelib” files. It also provides an API to examine typelib files, useful for creating language bindings among other things.
We can use yum or dnf to install gobject-introspection on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gobject-introspection.
Install gobject-introspection 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 gobject-introspection using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gobject-introspection
Install gobject-introspection 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 gobject-introspection using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gobject-introspection
How To Uninstall gobject-introspection on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gobject-introspection package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gobject-introspection
gobject-introspection Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/13b708d3d6d402b1f3fd1cb1b54ca586e2ed6e
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/DBus-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/DBusGLib-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GIRepository-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GL-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GLib-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GModule-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GObject-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gio-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/cairo-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/fontconfig-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/freetype2-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/libxml2-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/win32-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/xfixes-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/xft-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/xlib-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/xrandr-1.3.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgirepository-1.0.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgirepository-1.0.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/gobject-introspection
/usr/share/licenses/gobject-introspection/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/5f44a3fd9b04630e265b6aa808177d69e4f1e0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/DBus-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/DBusGLib-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GIRepository-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GL-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GLib-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GModule-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GObject-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gio-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/cairo-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/fontconfig-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/freetype2-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/libxml2-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/win32-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/xfixes-4.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/xft-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/xlib-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/xrandr-1.3.typelib
/usr/lib/libgirepository-1.0.so.1
/usr/lib/libgirepository-1.0.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/gobject-introspection
/usr/share/licenses/gobject-introspection/COPYING
References
- [gobject-introspection website](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GObjectIntrospection https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GObjectIntrospection)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gobject-introspection on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
