How To Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7. compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel is Development files for the wxGTK3 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7.

What is compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel

This package include files needed to link with the wxGTK3 library. 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. This is a version linked with old GTK version for compatibility with programs that don’t work with more recent GTK yet. Do not use this for new packages!

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel.

Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel

Install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel

How To Uninstall compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-wxGTK3-gtk2-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.