How to Install Fox Toolkit on Fedora 37

October 12, 2022 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing

  1. 2. Installing Dependencies

    Then to Install Required Software
    Run:

    sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++ make freeglut-devel libXft-devel libXext-devel

    Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

  2. 3. Downloading FOX Toolkit

    Download FOX for Fedora GNU/Linux

    Get FOX tar.gz for Fedora

    Grab the required Release.

  3. 4. Installing FOX Toolkit

    Then to Install FOX for Fedora
    Especially relevant: this is a System-Wide Setup, for a Local one simply Extract and Run it from inside the Home Directory.
    So first, Extract the Archive into the Temporary directory with:

    tar xvzf ~/Downloads/fox*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

    But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
    Now Access the Target Folder:

    cd /tmp/fox*

    Configure it with:

    ./configure

    Then Make it:

    make

    Now to Setup it play:

    sudo make install

    Add the libFOX Libraries to the LD PATH:

    sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib/

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