How To Install sip on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sip on CentOS 7.
What is sip
SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes so that they can be accessed as normal Python classes. SIP takes many of its ideas from SWIG but, because it is specifically designed for C++ and Python, is able to generate tighter bindings. SIP is so called because it is a small SWIG. SIP was originally designed to generate Python bindings for KDE and so has explicit support for the signal slot mechanism used by the Qt/KDE class libraries. However, SIP can be used to generate Python bindings for any C++ class library. SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes so that they can be accessed as normal Python classes. SIP takes many of its ideas from SWIG but, because it is specifically designed for C++ and Python, is able to generate tighter bindings. SIP is so called because it is a small SWIG. SIP was originally designed to generate Python bindings for KDE and so has explicit support for the signal slot mechanism used by the Qt/KDE class libraries. However, SIP can be used to generate Python bindings for any C++ class library.
We can use yum or dnf to install sip on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sip.
Install sip on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install sip using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sip
Install sip 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 sip using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sip
How To Uninstall sip on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the sip package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sip on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.