Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-widgets on CentOS 8.
What is anaconda-widgets
This package contains a set of custom GTK+ widgets used by the anaconda installer. anaconda-widgets 33.16.4.15 1.el8.0.2 x86_64 219 k anaconda-33.16.4.15-1.el8.0.2.src.rpm appstream A set of custom GTK+ widgets for use with anaconda http GPLv2+ and MIT This package contains a set of custom GTK+ widgets used by the anaconda installer.
We can use yum or dnf to install anaconda-widgets on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install anaconda-widgets.
Install anaconda-widgets on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install anaconda-widgets using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install anaconda-widgets
Install anaconda-widgets on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install anaconda-widgets using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install anaconda-widgets
How To Uninstall anaconda-widgets on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the anaconda-widgets package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove anaconda-widgets
anaconda-widgets Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/20e0d9326cc5e891cd8f601402d4a31553bf48
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/AnacondaWidgets-3.3.typelib
/usr/lib/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4
/usr/lib/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/AnacondaWidgets.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/0565d35744c8c60f77b1322b094d77ae672c60
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/AnacondaWidgets-3.3.typelib
/usr/lib64/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4
/usr/lib64/libAnacondaWidgets.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/AnacondaWidgets.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/AnacondaWidgets.cpython-36.pyc
References
- [anaconda-widgets website](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-widgets on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
