How To Install shiboken2 on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken2 on Fedora 34.
What is shiboken2
Shiboken is the Python binding generator that Qt for Python uses to create the PySide module, in other words, is the system we use to expose the Qt C++ API to Python. The name Shiboken2 and PySide2 make reference to the Qt 5 compatibility, since the previous versions (without the 2) refer to Qt 4.
We can use yum or dnf to install shiboken2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shiboken2.
Install shiboken2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install shiboken2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install shiboken2
Install shiboken2 on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install shiboken2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install shiboken2
How To Uninstall shiboken2 on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the shiboken2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove shiboken2
shiboken2 Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/shiboken2
/usr/bin/shiboken_tool.py
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/d23422083b60125fef04ba426db0ca2893cae2
/usr/share/doc/shiboken2
/usr/share/doc/shiboken2/README.shiboken2-generator.md
/usr/share/licenses/shiboken2
/usr/share/licenses/shiboken2/LICENSE.GPLv3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.