How To Install wxMaxima on Fedora 34

wxMaxima is Graphical user interface for Maxima

Introduction

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

What is wxMaxima

A Graphical user interface for the computer algebra system Maxima using wxWidgets.

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

Install wxMaxima 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 wxMaxima using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wxMaxima

Install wxMaxima 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 wxMaxima using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wxMaxima

How To Uninstall wxMaxima on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wxMaxima

wxMaxima Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/wxmaxima
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/e21c2ebca738f45219125f68525db5a6214a4c
/usr/share/applications/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.desktop
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/wxmaxima
/usr/share/doc/wxMaxima
/usr/share/doc/wxMaxima/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wxMaxima/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/wxMaxima/README
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/Autocomplete1.jpg
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/Autocomplete2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/BatchImage.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/GPL.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/InputCell.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/MatrixTableExample.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/README
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/README.md
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/SecondTableExample.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/SidePanes.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/cell-example.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/ezUnits.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/header.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/maxima_screenshot.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/sbclMemory.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxMaximaLogo.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxMaximaWindow.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxMaxima_configuration_001.png
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.ca.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.cs.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.css
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.da.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.de.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.el.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.en.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.es.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.fi.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.fr.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.gl.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.hu.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.it.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.ja.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.kab.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.nb.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.pl.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.pt_BR.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.ru.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.svg
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.tr.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.uk.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.zh_CN.html
/usr/share/doc/wxmaxima/wxmaxima.zh_TW.html
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/text-x-wxmathml.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/text-x-wxmaxima-batch.svg
/usr/share/licenses/wxMaxima
/usr/share/licenses/wxMaxima/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/wxMaxima.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man1/wxmaxima.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wxmaxima.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.appdata.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-wxmathml.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/x-wxmaxima-batch.xml
/usr/share/wxMaxima
/usr/share/wxMaxima/10MinuteTutorial.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/a.png
/usr/share/wxMaxima/absCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/all-celltypes.wxmx
/usr/share/wxMaxima/atCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/autosave.cfg
/usr/share/wxMaxima/b.png
/usr/share/wxMaxima/boxes.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/c.png
/usr/share/wxMaxima/commentBegin.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/complete_config_file.cfg
/usr/share/wxMaxima/config_from_19.11.cfg
/usr/share/wxMaxima/conjugateCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/d.png
/usr/share/wxMaxima/diffCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/empty_file.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/exptCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/foreign-characters.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/formerCrashes.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/fracCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/functionCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/imageCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/intCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.png
/usr/share/wxMaxima/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.svg
/usr/share/wxMaxima/ipc_copypaste1.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/ipc_copypaste_all-celltypes.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/limitCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/lisp.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/listCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/matrixCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/multiplication.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/noautosave.cfg
/usr/share/wxMaxima/nonsenseConstructs.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/other-features.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/parenthesisCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/performance.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/presubsupcells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/printf_continuationLines.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/printf_equations.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/printf_simple.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/rememberingAnswers.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/simpleInput.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/slideshowCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/sqrtCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/subCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/subsupCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/sumCells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/testbench_all_celltypes.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/testbench_simple.mac
/usr/share/wxMaxima/testbench_simple2.mac
/usr/share/wxMaxima/testbench_simple2.mac.wxmx
/usr/share/wxMaxima/textcells.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/threadtest.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/threadtest2.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/unicode.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/unicode_specialchars.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/weirdLabels.wxm
/usr/share/wxMaxima/xmlQuote.wxm

References

Summary

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