How To Install pygobject2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. pygobject2-devel is Development files for building add-on libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pygobject2-devel

This package contains files required to build wrappers for pygobject2-based libraries such as pygtk2.

We can use yum or dnf to install pygobject2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pygobject2-devel.

Install pygobject2-devel 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 pygobject2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pygobject2-devel

Install pygobject2-devel 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 pygobject2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pygobject2-devel

How To Uninstall pygobject2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pygobject2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pygobject2-devel

pygobject2-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/pygtk-2.0
/usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pyglib.h
/usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/pygobject-2.0.pc
/usr/share/pygobject
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gappinfo.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gapplaunchcontext.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gbufferedinputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gcancellable.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gdatainputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gdrive.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gfile.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gfileattribute.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gfileenumerator.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gfileinfo.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gfileinputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gfileiostream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gfileoutputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gicon.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/ginputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gio-types.defs
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gio.defs
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gio.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/giostream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gmemoryinputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gmemoryoutputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gmount.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/goutputstream.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gresolver.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gsocket.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gvolume.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/gvolumemonitor.override
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/unix-types.defs
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/unix.defs
/usr/share/pygobject/2.0/defs/unix.override

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.