How To Install newt-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install newt-devel on CentOS 7. newt-devel is Newt windowing toolkit development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install newt-devel on CentOS 7.

What is newt-devel

The newt-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing applications which use newt. Newt is a development library for text mode user interfaces. Newt is based on the slang library. Install newt-devel if you want to develop applications which will use newt. The newt-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing applications which use newt. Newt is a development library for text mode user interfaces. Newt is based on the slang library. Install newt-devel if you want to develop applications which will use newt.

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

Install newt-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install newt-devel

Install newt-devel 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 newt-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install newt-devel

How To Uninstall newt-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the newt-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove newt-devel

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Summary

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