How To Install gnome-sharp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-sharp on CentOS 7. gnome-sharp is GTK+ and GNOME bindings for Mono

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-sharp on CentOS 7.

What is gnome-sharp

This package provides a library that allows you to build fully native graphical GNOME applications using Mono. gnome-sharp extends gtk-sharp2 and adds bindings for gconf, libgnome, gnome-vfs, libart, librsvg, and vte.

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

Install gnome-sharp on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-sharp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-sharp

Install gnome-sharp 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 gnome-sharp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-sharp

How To Uninstall gnome-sharp on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gnome-sharp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-sharp

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Summary

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