How To Install libgfortran on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran on Rocky Linux 8. libgfortran is Fortran runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libgfortran

This package contains Fortran shared library which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs.

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

Install libgfortran 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 libgfortran using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgfortran

Install libgfortran 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 libgfortran using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgfortran

How To Uninstall libgfortran on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libgfortran package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgfortran

libgfortran Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/505295f9e65f1d789ca3df1711bde0574b4b6f
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.5
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.5.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/81d31d96a142ce1829ef3abdef274555d71d96
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.5
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.5.0.0

References

Summary

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