How To Install pycairo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pycairo on CentOS 7. pycairo is Python bindings for the cairo library

Introduction

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

What is pycairo

Python bindings for the cairo library.

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

Install pycairo on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pycairo

Install pycairo 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 pycairo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pycairo

How To Uninstall pycairo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pycairo

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Summary

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