How To Install g2clib-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install g2clib-devel on Rocky Linux 8. g2clib-devel is Development files for g2clib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install g2clib-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is g2clib-devel

This library contains “C” decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. The user API for the GRIB2 routines is described in file “grib2c.doc”. The g2clib-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use g2clib.

We can use yum or dnf to install g2clib-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install g2clib-devel.

Install g2clib-devel 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 g2clib-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install g2clib-devel

Install g2clib-devel 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 g2clib-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install g2clib-devel

How To Uninstall g2clib-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the g2clib-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove g2clib-devel

g2clib-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/drstemplates.h
/usr/include/grib2.h
/usr/include/gridtemplates.h
/usr/include/pdstemplates.h
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.g2clib
/usr/lib64/libg2c_v1.6.0.a
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/g2clib-msg.txt
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/grib2c.doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install g2clib-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.