How To Install neXtaw on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install neXtaw on Rocky Linux 8. neXtaw is Modified version of the Athena Widgets with N*XTSTEP appearance

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install neXtaw on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install neXtaw.

Install neXtaw on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove neXtaw

neXtaw Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/6e5ca7fd5b71a85af21447402a57cd578d6627
/usr/lib64/libneXtaw.so.0
/usr/lib64/libneXtaw.so.0.15.1
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/README
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/README.XAW3D
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/TODO
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/00-README
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Bitmap
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Bitmap-color
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Editres
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Editres-color
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Emacs
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Fig
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/GXditview
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Ghostview
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XCalc
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XClipboard
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XClock
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XConsole
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XFontSel
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XGrab
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XLoad
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XPaint
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/XTerm
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xdefaults
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xedit
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xfd
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xgc
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xloadimage
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmag
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xman
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmessage
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xmh
/usr/share/doc/neXtaw/app-defaults/Xvidtune
/usr/share/licenses/neXtaw
/usr/share/licenses/neXtaw/COPYING

References

neXtaw website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install neXtaw on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.