How To Install pygobject2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pygobject2.x86_64 is Python 2 bindings for GObject

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pygobject2.x86_64`

The pygobject2 package provides a convenient wrapper for the GObject library for use in Python programs.

We can use yum to install pygobject2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pygobject2.x86_64.

Install pygobject2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pygobject2.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pygobject2.x86_64

How To Uninstall pygobject2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pygobject2.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pygobject2.x86_64

pygobject2.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libpyglib-2.0-python.so
/usr/lib64/libpyglib-2.0-python.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpyglib-2.0-python.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/_glib.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/option.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/option.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/glib/option.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/_gobject.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/propertyhelper.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/propertyhelper.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/propertyhelper.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/dsextras.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/dsextras.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/dsextras.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/_gio.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gio/unix.so
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pth
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyo
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/README
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/examples
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/examples/cairo-demo.py
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/examples/option.py
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/examples/properties.py
/usr/share/doc/pygobject2-2.28.6/examples/signal.py

References

pygobject2.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygobject2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.