How To Install gcc-gfortran on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-gfortran on Rocky Linux 8. gcc-gfortran is Fortran support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-gfortran on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gcc-gfortran

The gcc-gfortran package provides support for compiling Fortran programs with the GNU Compiler Collection.

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

Install gcc-gfortran 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 gcc-gfortran using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-gfortran

Install gcc-gfortran 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 gcc-gfortran using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-gfortran

How To Uninstall gcc-gfortran on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gcc-gfortran package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-gfortran

gcc-gfortran Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/f95
/usr/bin/gfortran
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/97bd12e12efcf352ec5b44cef1a5141685b3ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/5061cf9d367f305b367fa9f26985ae6774ce58
/usr/lib/gcc
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/ieee_arithmetic.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/ieee_exceptions.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/ieee_features.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/omp_lib.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/omp_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/omp_lib.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/omp_lib_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/openacc.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/openacc.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/openacc_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/finclude/openacc_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/libcaf_single.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/32/libgfortran.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/ieee_arithmetic.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/ieee_exceptions.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/ieee_features.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/omp_lib.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/omp_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/omp_lib.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/omp_lib_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/openacc.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/openacc.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/openacc_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/finclude/openacc_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/libcaf_single.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/libgfortran.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/libgfortran.spec
/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules
/usr/libexec/gcc
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/f951
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2002.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2002.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2003.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2003.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2004.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2004.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2005.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2005.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2006.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2006.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2007.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2007.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2008.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2008.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2009.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2009.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2010.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2010.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2011.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2011.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2012.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2012.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2013.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2013.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2014.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2014.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2015.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2015.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2016.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2016.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2017.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog-2017.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran/ChangeLog.ptr.bz2
/usr/share/info/gfortran.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gfortran.1.gz

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Summary

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