How To Install gtkwave on Fedora 34

gtkwave is Waveform Viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkwave on Fedora 34.

What is gtkwave

GTKWave is a waveform viewer that can view VCD files produced by most Verilog simulation tools, as well as LXT files produced by certain Verilog simulation tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install gtkwave on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkwave.

Install gtkwave on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gtkwave using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtkwave

Install gtkwave on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install gtkwave using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtkwave

How To Uninstall gtkwave on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gtkwave

gtkwave Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/evcd2vcd
/usr/bin/fst2vcd
/usr/bin/fstminer
/usr/bin/ghwdump
/usr/bin/gtkwave
/usr/bin/lxt2miner
/usr/bin/lxt2vcd
/usr/bin/rtlbrowse
/usr/bin/shmidcat
/usr/bin/twinwave
/usr/bin/vcd2fst
/usr/bin/vcd2lxt
/usr/bin/vcd2lxt2
/usr/bin/vcd2vzt
/usr/bin/vzt2vcd
/usr/bin/vztminer
/usr/bin/xml2stems
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/c783c2571425030b4276ccf5d44ecce4811b1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/e38405e3fe9f5bd1f84dae0bebbe43c61d71b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/1e80cc3f700c7e6eb5d7d077e8afa9c669399e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/35e2cd5f8b13c621e16dce00bbb8f8c2e598a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/83f70b469886fcbb2a04f6479eeae8a14a8d37
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/063c4a801b41fe12451b80b4f06e88c3982529
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/64524fe9585e421d1e6840964a2817f6ecb2e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/85554d63df876d7f2108e345a827efdc4fa6d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/e4316d0a5715f15c42a170816a186c63c737f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/ce8beb414120a85ba9afefe603a9fb1c907d9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/6422ac8dfb529658538a72ccb5515c087274a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/f84997ded030a9cf31469c9f513868acc29b2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/411a1154828ea5c68c5a832e129bbc63aa7d1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/fd284f69f2b0f653043a77a887e8e7f8ce53b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/24317716ea86dce31cd216c18677f4aec5b72f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/a03c150f2ec571a0379b493a9f9ec0f62a79e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/898e955ee206bc4916be80b9dd69512dc73037
/usr/share/appdata/gtkwave.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/gtkwave.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.fst
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.gtkw
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.tcl
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.v
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/gtkwaverc
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/sst_exclusion_example.rc
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/transaction.c
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/transaction.fst
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/transaction.gtkw
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/gtkwave.odt
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.geda.gtkwave.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/gnome
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ae2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-aet.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-evcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-fst.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ghw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-gtkw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lx2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vzt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ae2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-aet.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-evcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-fst.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ghw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-gtkw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lx2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vzt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ae2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-aet.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-evcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-fst.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ghw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-gtkw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lx2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vzt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/gtkwave_256x256x32.png
/usr/share/icons/gtkwave_files_256x256x32.png
/usr/share/icons/gtkwave_savefiles_256x256x32.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gtkwave.svg
/usr/share/licenses/gtkwave
/usr/share/licenses/gtkwave/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/gtkwave/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/share/man/man1/evcd2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fst2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fstminer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ghwdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gtkwave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lxt2miner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lxt2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rtlbrowse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shmidcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/twinwave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2fst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2lxt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2lxt2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2vzt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vzt2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vztminer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xml2stems.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/gtkwaverc.5.gz
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-ae2.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-aet.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-evcd.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-fst.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-ghw.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-gtkw.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-lx2.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-lxt.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-lxt2.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-vcd.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-vzt.xml
/usr/bin/evcd2vcd
/usr/bin/fst2vcd
/usr/bin/fstminer
/usr/bin/ghwdump
/usr/bin/gtkwave
/usr/bin/lxt2miner
/usr/bin/lxt2vcd
/usr/bin/rtlbrowse
/usr/bin/shmidcat
/usr/bin/twinwave
/usr/bin/vcd2fst
/usr/bin/vcd2lxt
/usr/bin/vcd2lxt2
/usr/bin/vcd2vzt
/usr/bin/vzt2vcd
/usr/bin/vztminer
/usr/bin/xml2stems
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/35e044a9114e1b84df88ebdd7532d281a4064c
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/9ca4c68af702bdc938a7294280f5bda66f8dba
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/c343efc4ad29c4c125798b19a3051d7d24eb59
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/6f2972e176db4cae2404ca7ca441bcd9621038
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/9e24b73dce895b16d6faab48baff9c81fc3449
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/e5b6f91ede008f98842d034b86f32d36af7b57
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/89f3daca66c3f635c3158d35b0a90e35c1fdc4
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/7bc1e1471d90713bd3756f1deb8286c8b38c28
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/b54217614778550400d83cb91c51a7e5bc6e05
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/6a95b0a6586c248fc84973da7c3b387af47945
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/d941f7a6d8f264c1eae5c38b06283aaefc667b
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/f44902cc5629b110a234f9ab184e6e6e0d332c
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/16bc8439fc3b94547cf08f3a37cea8f70e61e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/96d5a03d3d7579a2e803a82d8b3fda4abf162d
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/fa34efa7dcfef67ccbc14fa8d2c74774563c63
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/ceefdf8fafd2927fc28392872362f216e1529e
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/340f1c526c3db2e4c1909218ca61c6daf5c86b
/usr/share/appdata/gtkwave.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/gtkwave.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.fst
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.gtkw
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.tcl
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/des.v
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/gtkwaverc
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/sst_exclusion_example.rc
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/transaction.c
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/transaction.fst
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/examples/transaction.gtkw
/usr/share/doc/gtkwave/gtkwave.odt
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.geda.gtkwave.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/gnome
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ae2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-aet.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-evcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-fst.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ghw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-gtkw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lx2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vzt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/mimetypes/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ae2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-aet.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-evcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-fst.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ghw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-gtkw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lx2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vzt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/mimetypes/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ae2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-aet.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-evcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-fst.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-ghw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-gtkw.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lx2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-lxt2.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vcd.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gnome-mime-application-vnd.gtkwave-vzt.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/gtkwave_256x256x32.png
/usr/share/icons/gtkwave_files_256x256x32.png
/usr/share/icons/gtkwave_savefiles_256x256x32.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gtkwave.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gtkwave.svg
/usr/share/licenses/gtkwave
/usr/share/licenses/gtkwave/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/gtkwave/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/share/man/man1/evcd2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fst2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fstminer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ghwdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gtkwave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lxt2miner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lxt2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rtlbrowse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/shmidcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/twinwave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2fst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2lxt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2lxt2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vcd2vzt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vzt2vcd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vztminer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xml2stems.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/gtkwaverc.5.gz
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-ae2.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-aet.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-evcd.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-fst.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-ghw.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-gtkw.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-lx2.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-lxt.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-lxt2.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-vcd.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-gtkwave-extension-vzt.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkwave on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.