How To Install libXaw on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXaw on Rocky Linux 8. libXaw is X Athena Widget Set

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libXaw on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libXaw`

Xaw is a widget set based on the X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt) Library.

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

Install libXaw 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 libXaw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libXaw

Install libXaw 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 libXaw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libXaw

How To Uninstall libXaw on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libXaw package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libXaw

libXaw Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/7e06c353839da63182e310c66815b874b071f5
/usr/lib/libXaw.so.7
/usr/lib/libXaw7.so.7
/usr/lib/libXaw7.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXaw
/usr/share/doc/libXaw/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXaw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXaw/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/3697130598ae9da928c354425cfcb06586b179
/usr/lib64/libXaw.so.7
/usr/lib64/libXaw7.so.7
/usr/lib64/libXaw7.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libXaw
/usr/share/doc/libXaw/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libXaw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libXaw/README

References

libXaw website

Summary

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