How To Install mesa-libGLw on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGLw on CentOS 7. mesa-libGLw is Xt / Motif OpenGL widgets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGLw on CentOS 7.

What is mesa-libGLw

Mesa libGLw runtime library. Mesa libGLw runtime library.

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

Install mesa-libGLw on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mesa-libGLw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mesa-libGLw

Install mesa-libGLw 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 mesa-libGLw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mesa-libGLw

How To Uninstall mesa-libGLw on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mesa-libGLw package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mesa-libGLw

References

Summary

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