How To Install gtk3-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-devel on CentOS 7. gtk3-devel is Development files for GTK+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-devel on CentOS 7.

What is gtk3-devel

This package contains the libraries and header files that are needed for writing applications with version 3 of the GTK+ widget toolkit. If you plan to develop applications with GTK+, consider installing the gtk3-devel-docs package. This package contains the libraries and header files that are needed for writing applications with version 3 of the GTK+ widget toolkit. If you plan to develop applications with GTK+, consider installing the gtk3-devel-docs package.

We can use yum or dnf to install gtk3-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtk3-devel.

Install gtk3-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 gtk3-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtk3-devel

Install gtk3-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 gtk3-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtk3-devel

How To Uninstall gtk3-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gtk3-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gtk3-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.