How To Install gobject-introspection on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobject-introspection on CentOS 7.

What is gobject-introspection

GObject Introspection can scan C header and source files in order to generate introspection “typelib” files. It also provides an API to examine typelib files, useful for creating language bindings among other things.

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

Install gobject-introspection on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gobject-introspection

Install gobject-introspection 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 gobject-introspection using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gobject-introspection

How To Uninstall gobject-introspection on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gobject-introspection package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gobject-introspection

References

• gobject-introspection website

Summary

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