How To Install gtkglarea2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkglarea2 on CentOS 7. gtkglarea2 is OpenGL GTK widget

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkglarea2 on CentOS 7.

What is gtkglarea2

GtkGLArea is a GTK widget that makes it easy to use OpenGL or Mesa from your GTK programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install gtkglarea2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkglarea2.

Install gtkglarea2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gtkglarea2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtkglarea2

Install gtkglarea2 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 gtkglarea2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtkglarea2

How To Uninstall gtkglarea2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gtkglarea2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gtkglarea2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkglarea2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.