How To Install gtkwave on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkwave on CentOS 8.
What is gtkwave
GTKWave is a waveform viewer that can view VCD files produced by most Verilog simulation tools, as well as LXT files produced by certain Verilog simulation tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install gtkwave on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkwave.
Install gtkwave on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gtkwave using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gtkwave
Install gtkwave on CentOS 8 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 gtkwave using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gtkwave
How To Uninstall gtkwave on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gtkwave package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gtkwave
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkwave on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.