How To Install sip5 on Fedora 34

sip5 is SIP - Python/C++ Bindings Generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip5 on Fedora 34.

What is sip5

SIP is a collection of tools that makes it very easy to create Python bindings for C and C++ libraries. It was originally developed in 1998 to create PyQt, the Python bindings for the Qt toolkit, but can be used to create bindings for any C or C++ library. For example it is also used to generate wxPython, the Python bindings for wxWidgets.

We can use yum or dnf to install sip5 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sip5.

Install sip5 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 sip5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sip5

Install sip5 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 sip5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sip5

How To Uninstall sip5 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the sip5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sip5

sip5 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sip-build
/usr/bin/sip-distinfo
/usr/bin/sip-install
/usr/bin/sip-module
/usr/bin/sip-sdist
/usr/bin/sip-wheel
/usr/bin/sip5
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/df0eb5acd357ac6379d1f7ad27d79c5962580d
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sip-5.5.0-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sip-5.5.0-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sip-5.5.0-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sip-5.5.0-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sip-5.5.0-py3.9.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sip-5.5.0-py3.9.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sip-5.5.0-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/bindings.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/distutils_builder.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/installable.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/installable.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/project.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/__pycache__/version.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/abstract_builder.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/abstract_project.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/api.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/argument_parser.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/bindings.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/buildable.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/builder.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/code_generator.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/configurable.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/distinfo
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/distinfo/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/distinfo/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/distinfo/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/distinfo/main.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/distutils_builder.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/exceptions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/helpers.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/installable.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy/__pycache__/sip5.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy/__pycache__/sip5.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/legacy/sip5.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/__pycache__/abi_version.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/__pycache__/abi_version.cpython-39.pyc
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/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/abi_version.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/main.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/module.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/MANIFEST.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/README.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/apiversions.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/array.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/array.h
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/bool.cpp
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/descriptors.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/int_convertors.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/objmap.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/pyproject.toml
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/qtlib.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/setup.cfg.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/setup.py.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/sip.h.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/sip.pyi
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/sip.rst.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/sipint.h
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/siplib.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/threads.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.7/voidptr.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/MANIFEST.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/README.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/apiversions.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/array.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/array.h
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/bool.cpp
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/descriptors.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/int_convertors.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/objmap.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/pyproject.toml
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/qtlib.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/setup.cfg.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/setup.py.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/sip.h.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/sip.pyi
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/sip.rst.in
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/sipint.h
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/siplib.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/threads.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/module/source/12.8/voidptr.c
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/py_versions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/pyproject.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools/__pycache__
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/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools/build.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools/install.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools/sdist.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/tools/wheel.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sipbuild/version.py
/usr/share/doc/sip5
/usr/share/doc/sip5/README
/usr/share/licenses/sip5
/usr/share/licenses/sip5/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/sip5/LICENSE-GPL2
/usr/share/licenses/sip5/LICENSE-GPL3

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip5 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.