How To Install wxGTK3-gl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK3-gl on CentOS 7. wxGTK3-gl is OpenGL add-on for the wxWidgets library

Introduction

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

What is wxGTK3-gl

OpenGL (a 3D graphics API) add-on for the wxWidgets library. 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-gl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wxGTK3-gl.

Install wxGTK3-gl 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-gl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wxGTK3-gl

Install wxGTK3-gl 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-gl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wxGTK3-gl

How To Uninstall wxGTK3-gl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove wxGTK3-gl

References

Summary

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