How To Install gtkmm24 on CentOS 8

gtkmm24 is C++ interface for GTK2 (a GUI library for X) C++ interface for GTK2 (a GUI library for X)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkmm24 on CentOS 8.

What is gtkmm24

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. gtkmm24 2.24.5 6.el8 x86_64 816 k gtkmm24-2.24.5-6.el8.src.rpm appstream C++ interface for GTK2 (a GUI library for X) http LGPLv2+ 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 or dnf to install gtkmm24 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkmm24.

Install gtkmm24 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 gtkmm24 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtkmm24

Install gtkmm24 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 gtkmm24 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtkmm24

How To Uninstall gtkmm24 on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gtkmm24

gtkmm24 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/3dbad852b91351942577817201f24cf23b1154
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/45273e6129c77061da225ed34e06adbd838567
/usr/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1
/usr/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
/usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24/README
/usr/share/licenses/gtkmm24
/usr/share/licenses/gtkmm24/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/0e68c0dd77ead97add8ed0db26b9480aeadac1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/cffa8f599c8ffc330c1d4a82d55e6156baff10
/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
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gtkmm24/README
/usr/share/licenses/gtkmm24
/usr/share/licenses/gtkmm24/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkmm24 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.