How To Install neXtaw-devel on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neXtaw-devel on AlmaLinux 8.
What is neXtaw-devel
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. This package contains the development files of the neXtaw library.
We can use yum or dnf to install neXtaw-devel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install neXtaw-devel.
Install neXtaw-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install neXtaw-devel
Install neXtaw-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install neXtaw-devel
How To Uninstall neXtaw-devel on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the neXtaw-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove neXtaw-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neXtaw-devel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.