How To Install gyp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gyp on Rocky Linux 8. gyp is Generate Your Projects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gyp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gyp`

GYP is a tool to generates native Visual Studio, Xcode and SCons and/or make build files from a platform-independent input format. Its syntax is a universal cross-platform build representation that still allows sufficient per-platform flexibility to accommodate irreconcilable differences.

We can use yum or dnf to install gyp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gyp.

Install gyp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install gyp

Install gyp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install gyp

How To Uninstall gyp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gyp

gyp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gyp
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp-0.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp-0.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp-0.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp-0.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp-0.1-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp-0.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSNew.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSProject.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSSettings.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSSettings_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSToolFile.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSUserFile.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSUtil.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/MSVSVersion.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSNew.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSNew.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSProject.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSProject.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSSettings.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSSettings.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSSettings_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSSettings_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSToolFile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSToolFile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSUserFile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSUserFile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSUtil.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSUtil.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSVersion.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/MSVSVersion.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/common.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/common.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/common_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/common_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/easy_xml.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/easy_xml.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/easy_xml_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/easy_xml_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/flock_tool.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/flock_tool.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/input.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/input.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/input_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/input_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/mac_tool.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/mac_tool.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/msvs_emulation.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/msvs_emulation.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/ninja_syntax.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/ninja_syntax.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/simple_copy.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/simple_copy.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/win_tool.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/win_tool.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xcode_emulation.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xcode_emulation.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xcode_ninja.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xcode_ninja.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xcodeproj_file.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xcodeproj_file.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xml_fix.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/__pycache__/xml_fix.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/common.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/common_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/easy_xml.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/easy_xml_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/flock_tool.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/analyzer.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/analyzer.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/cmake.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/cmake.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/dump_dependency_json.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/dump_dependency_json.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/eclipse.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/eclipse.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/gypd.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/gypd.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/gypsh.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/gypsh.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/make.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/make.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/msvs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/msvs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/msvs_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/msvs_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/ninja.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/ninja.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/ninja_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/ninja_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/xcode.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/xcode.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/xcode_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/__pycache__/xcode_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/analyzer.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/cmake.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/dump_dependency_json.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/eclipse.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/gypd.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/gypsh.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/make.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/msvs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/msvs_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/ninja.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/ninja_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/xcode.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/generator/xcode_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/input.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/input_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/mac_tool.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/msvs_emulation.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/ninja_syntax.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/simple_copy.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/win_tool.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/xcode_ninja.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/xcodeproj_file.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gyp/xml_fix.py
/usr/share/doc/gyp
/usr/share/doc/gyp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/gyp
/usr/share/licenses/gyp/LICENSE

References

gyp website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gyp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.