How To Install wxBase on Fedora 34

wxBase is Non-GUI support classes from the wxWidgets library Non-GUI support classes from the wxWidgets library

Introduction

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

What is wxBase

Every wxWidgets application must link against this library. It contains mandatory classes that any wxWidgets code depends on (like wxString) and portability classes that abstract differences between platforms. wxBase can be used to develop console mode applications – it does not require any GUI libraries or the X Window System. wxBase 3.1.4 4.fc34 x86_64 940 k wxGTK-3.1.4-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora Non-GUI support classes from the wxWidgets library https wxWidgets Every wxWidgets application must link against this library. It contains mandatory classes that any wxWidgets code depends on (like wxString) and portability classes that abstract differences between platforms. wxBase can be used to develop console mode applications – it does not require any GUI libraries or the X Window System.

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

Install wxBase 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 wxBase using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wxBase

Install wxBase 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 wxBase using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wxBase

How To Uninstall wxBase on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wxBase

wxBase Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/2f28a434235a32d1cd363a9c4e925b5fcfe561
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/a04495ca081b4c0ed3643b2623ab6654ce60b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/d30380815bb2aefddabaf7afc87cdf2556795b
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.4
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-3.1.so.4
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-3.1.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-3.1.so.4
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-3.1.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/wxBase
/usr/share/doc/wxBase/changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxBase/readme.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/gpl.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/lgpl.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/licence.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/licendoc.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/preamble.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/db2d8782a753e98e8e5f664fedc229c7d4e4a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/e3facb384c6a7305438e9322d398f6125cca12
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/73fab72bef15c68b40d1a52ac3e33fb898ea59
/usr/lib64/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.4
/usr/lib64/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_baseu_net-3.1.so.4
/usr/lib64/libwx_baseu_net-3.1.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_baseu_xml-3.1.so.4
/usr/lib64/libwx_baseu_xml-3.1.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/wxBase
/usr/share/doc/wxBase/changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxBase/readme.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/gpl.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/lgpl.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/licence.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/licendoc.txt
/usr/share/licenses/wxBase/preamble.txt

References

Summary

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