How To Install java-hdf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-hdf on Rocky Linux 8. java-hdf is HDF4 java library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-hdf on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `java-hdf`

HDF4 java library

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

Install java-hdf 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 java-hdf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install java-hdf

Install java-hdf 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 java-hdf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install java-hdf

How To Uninstall java-hdf on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the java-hdf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove java-hdf

java-hdf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/58872d9aab07b15a8199ce96354797dce7d26e
/usr/lib/java/hdf.jar
/usr/lib64/hdf/libhdf_java.so

References

java-hdf website

Summary

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