How To Install wxGTK3 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK3 on CentOS 7. wxGTK3 is GTK port of the wxWidgets GUI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK3 on CentOS 7.

What is wxGTK3

wxWidgets is the GTK 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 wxGTK3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wxGTK3.

Install wxGTK3 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wxGTK3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wxGTK3

Install wxGTK3 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 wxGTK3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wxGTK3

How To Uninstall wxGTK3 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the wxGTK3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wxGTK3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.