How To Install newt-static on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install newt-static on CentOS 7. newt-static is Newt windowing toolkit static library

Introduction

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

What is newt-static

The newt-static package contains the static version of the newt library. Install it if you need to link statically with libnewt. The newt-static package contains the static version of the newt library. Install it if you need to link statically with libnewt.

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

Install newt-static 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-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install newt-static

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

sudo dnf -y install newt-static

How To Uninstall newt-static on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove newt-static

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Summary

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