How To Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl on CentOS 8.
What is compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl
OpenGL (a 3D graphics API) add-on for the wxWidgets library. wxWidgets is the GTK port of the C++ cross-platform wxWidgets GUI library, offering classes for all common GUI controls as well as a comprehensive set of helper classes for most common application tasks, ranging from networking to HTML display and image manipulation.
We can use yum or dnf to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl.
Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl 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 compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl
Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl 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 compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl
How To Uninstall compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl
compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/4a84c0d9ca3e00d24f54becefbf1000958f84c
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_gl-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_gl-3.0.so.0.4.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-gl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
