How To Install wxGTK on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK on CentOS 7. wxGTK is GTK2 port of the wxWidgets GUI library

Introduction

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

What is wxGTK

wxWidgets/GTK2 is the GTK2 port of the C++ cross-platform wxWidgets GUI library, offering classes for all common GUI controls as well as a comprehensive set of helper classes for most common application tasks, ranging from networking to HTML display and image manipulation.

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

Install wxGTK on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install wxGTK

Install wxGTK 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 wxGTK using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wxGTK

How To Uninstall wxGTK on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove wxGTK

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Summary

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