How To Install wxBase on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxBase on CentOS 7. wxBase is Non-GUI support classes from the wxWidgets library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxBase on CentOS 7.

What is wxBase

Every wxWidgets application must link against this library. It contains mandatory classes that any wxWidgets code depends on (like wxString) and portability classes that abstract differences between platforms. wxBase can be used to develop console mode applications – it does not require any GUI libraries or the X Window System.

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

Install wxBase on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wxBase using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wxBase

Install wxBase 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 wxBase using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wxBase

How To Uninstall wxBase on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove wxBase

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Summary

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