How To Install pygobject2 on CentOS 8

pygobject2 is Python 2 bindings for GObject

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2 on CentOS 8.

What is `pygobject2`

The pygobject2 package provides a convenient wrapper for the GObject library for use in Python programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install pygobject2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pygobject2.

Install pygobject2 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 pygobject2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pygobject2

Install pygobject2 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 pygobject2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pygobject2

How To Uninstall pygobject2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the pygobject2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pygobject2

pygobject2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/6b8d97098fa61f707d1575b1bfeef6be0fb405
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/9ee11b464eb466f797e403f5a1a3b11c382cbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/97d1d8a873003e0bc67dcaa4602f6c740665bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/9f31b02f2bcc5c7083ead00247604830b66536
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/490e27ac96763e9b88a7dcb890e1afc5d50aa1
/usr/lib64/libpyglib-2.0-python2.so
/usr/lib64/libpyglib-2.0-python2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpyglib-2.0-python2.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/_glib.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/option.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/option.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/option.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/_gobject.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/propertyhelper.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/propertyhelper.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/propertyhelper.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/dsextras.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/dsextras.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/dsextras.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/_gio.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/unix.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pth
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyo
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/README
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/examples
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/examples/cairo-demo.py
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/examples/option.py
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/examples/properties.py
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2/examples/signal.py

References

pygobject2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.