How To Install neXtaw on Fedora 34

neXtaw is Modified version of the Athena Widgets with NXTSTEP appearance Modified version of the Athena Widgets with NXTSTEP appearance

Introduction

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

What is neXtaw

neXtaw is a replacement library for the Athena (libXaw) widget set. It is based on Xaw3d, by Kaleb Keithley and is almost 100% backward compatible with it. Its goal is to try to emulate the look and feel of the NXTSTEP GUI. neXtaw 0.15.1 35.fc34 x86_64 210 k neXtaw-0.15.1-35.fc34.src.rpm fedora Modified version of the Athena Widgets with NXTSTEP appearance http MIT neXtaw is a replacement library for the Athena (libXaw) widget set. It is based on Xaw3d, by Kaleb Keithley and is almost 100% backward compatible with it. Its goal is to try to emulate the look and feel of the N*XTSTEP GUI.

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

Install neXtaw 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 neXtaw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install neXtaw

Install neXtaw 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 neXtaw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install neXtaw

How To Uninstall neXtaw on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove neXtaw

neXtaw Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/8c0e727798fed919d0c70c3482f26ef0e3b577
/usr/lib64/libneXtaw.so.0
/usr/lib64/libneXtaw.so.0.15.1
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/README
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/README.XAW3D
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/TODO
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/00-README
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Bitmap
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Bitmap-color
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Editres
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Editres-color
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Emacs
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Fig
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/GXditview
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Ghostview
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XCalc
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XClipboard
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XClock
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XConsole
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XFontSel
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XGrab
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XLoad
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XPaint
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XTerm
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xdefaults
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xedit
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xfd
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xgc
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xloadimage
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmag
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xman
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmessage
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmh
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xvidtune
/usr/share/licenses/neXtaw
/usr/share/licenses/neXtaw/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/a10cdb8ceb2fae1a2074ab0825e2c96304bf87
/usr/lib/libneXtaw.so.0
/usr/lib/libneXtaw.so.0.15.1
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/README
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/README.XAW3D
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/TODO
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/00-README
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Bitmap
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Bitmap-color
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Editres
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Editres-color
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Emacs
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Fig
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/GXditview
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Ghostview
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XCalc
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XClipboard
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XClock
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XConsole
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XFontSel
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XGrab
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XLoad
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XPaint
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XTerm
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xdefaults
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xedit
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xfd
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xgc
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xloadimage
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmag
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xman
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmessage
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmh
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xvidtune
/usr/share/licenses/neXtaw
/usr/share/licenses/neXtaw/COPYING

References

Summary

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