How To Install neXtaw on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neXtaw on AlmaLinux 8.
What is neXtaw
neXtaw is a replacement library for the Athena (libXaw) widget set. It is based on Xaw3d, by Kaleb Keithley and is almost 100% backward compatible with it. Its goal is to try to emulate the look and feel of the N*XTSTEP GUI.
We can use yum or dnf to install neXtaw on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install neXtaw.
Install neXtaw on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install neXtaw using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install neXtaw
Install neXtaw on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install neXtaw using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install neXtaw
How To Uninstall neXtaw on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the neXtaw package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove neXtaw
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neXtaw on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
