How To Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 on CentOS 8

compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 is GTK port of the wxWidgets GUI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 on CentOS 8.

What is `compat-wxGTK3-gtk2`

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 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2.

Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2

Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2

How To Uninstall compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-wxGTK3-gtk2

compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/b54adeeb74722182bf7647bd6c24f76793d559
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/6f93659802308e6ab7d16437c7d25aeef13b0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/e898427973fe2180afc11dfb08696d63f0da9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/679c41afc9685bc0f4cb7b83a3725f4e3c3c52
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/821221e6dade3171483a51f44edd7bb08d4288
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/30b5c5339705bcdd121e8d506f9bcfd6ffd891
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/3ce04f4259ceca2a713dbdf8c1fbd998f3d4e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/e57ce009fbc9e19e7d216c0f5d037f7a9334a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/28edf0d29ec536a614f9507d388f0b85a77a18
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/deed172fab1b5ec7a14826788d093af24add58
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_adv-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_adv-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_aui-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_aui-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_core-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_html-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_html-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_propgrid-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_propgrid-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_qa-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_qa-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_ribbon-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_ribbon-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_richtext-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_richtext-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_stc-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_stc-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_xrc-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_xrc-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2/changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2/gpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2/lgpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2/licence.txt
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2/licendoc.txt
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2/preamble.txt
/usr/share/doc/compat-wxGTK3-gtk2/readme.txt

References

compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.