How To Install java-hdf5 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-hdf5 on Rocky Linux 8. java-hdf5 is HDF5 java library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-hdf5 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `java-hdf5`

HDF5 java library

We can use yum or dnf to install java-hdf5 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install java-hdf5.

Install java-hdf5 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-hdf5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install java-hdf5

Install java-hdf5 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-hdf5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install java-hdf5

How To Uninstall java-hdf5 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the java-hdf5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove java-hdf5

java-hdf5 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/98bf49d33b16c3ff3025a2b7afc712300cd1b7
/usr/lib/java/hdf5.jar
/usr/lib64/hdf5
/usr/lib64/hdf5/libhdf5_java.so

References

java-hdf5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-hdf5 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.