How To Install shiboken-python2-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken-python2-libs on CentOS 7. shiboken-python2-libs is CPython bindings generator for C++ libraries - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken-python2-libs on CentOS 7.

What is shiboken-python2-libs

Shiboken is a bindings generator for C++ libraries that outputs CPython source code. It uses generatorrunner and apiextractor to collect information from library headers, merging modifications and handwritten code defined in the type system description. This is the shared library used by shiboken built with Python 2.

We can use yum or dnf to install shiboken-python2-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shiboken-python2-libs.

Install shiboken-python2-libs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install shiboken-python2-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install shiboken-python2-libs

Install shiboken-python2-libs 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 shiboken-python2-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shiboken-python2-libs

How To Uninstall shiboken-python2-libs on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the shiboken-python2-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove shiboken-python2-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken-python2-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.