How To Install atk on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install atk on CentOS 7. atk is Interfaces for accessibility support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atk on CentOS 7.

What is atk

The ATK library provides a set of interfaces for adding accessibility support to applications and graphical user interface toolkits. By supporting the ATK interfaces, an application or toolkit can be used with tools such as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices. The ATK library provides a set of interfaces for adding accessibility support to applications and graphical user interface toolkits. By supporting the ATK interfaces, an application or toolkit can be used with tools such as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install atk on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install atk.

Install atk on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install atk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install atk

Install atk on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install atk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install atk

How To Uninstall atk on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove atk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install atk on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.