How To Install pycairo-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pycairo-devel on CentOS 7. pycairo-devel is Libraries and headers for pycairo

Introduction

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

What is pycairo-devel

This package contains files required to build wrappers for cairo add-on libraries so that they interoperate with pycairo. This package contains files required to build wrappers for cairo add-on libraries so that they interoperate with pycairo.

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

Install pycairo-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pycairo-devel

Install pycairo-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pycairo-devel

How To Uninstall pycairo-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pycairo-devel

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Summary

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