How To Install wxGTK3 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK3 on Rocky Linux 8. wxGTK3 is GTK port of the wxWidgets GUI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK3 on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wxGTK3.

Install wxGTK3 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install wxGTK3

Install wxGTK3 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install wxGTK3

How To Uninstall wxGTK3 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove wxGTK3

wxGTK3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/064e37f093fe51874880ff4883d37f80c20c75
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/1b850a1a1c60f026cefa4ded2e03b772cc3bdc
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/4552f024756db890159c469014738ee3e58931
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/102810cbb4cb70a08628363144439854f4dd3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/ece07e0edac9df6a7f6b8fdebdd803d0f85ecf
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/ae95997ef3c295519bab91997394450713cc60
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/7edba81406eaa938ae09620da716f09326edcd
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/31d0aeee9512388b147093e827a144eb746920
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/3db8d7c593909a6ea4baf05a31c019adaa832e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/83b9d628453e10ecd3ef66efb74d7800805555
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_adv-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_adv-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_aui-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_aui-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_html-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_html-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_propgrid-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_propgrid-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_qa-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_qa-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_ribbon-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_ribbon-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_richtext-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_richtext-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_stc-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_stc-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_xrc-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwx_gtk3u_xrc-3.0.so.0.4.0
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3/changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3/gpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3/lgpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3/licence.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3/licendoc.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3/preamble.txt
/usr/share/doc/wxGTK3/readme.txt

References

wxGTK3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxGTK3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.