How To Install netcdf-cxx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-cxx on Rocky Linux 8. netcdf-cxx is Legacy netCDF C++ library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-cxx on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `netcdf-cxx`

Legacy netCDF C++ library. This library is provided for backward compatibility only. New C++ development should be done with the netCDF CXX4 C++ library.

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

Install netcdf-cxx 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 netcdf-cxx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netcdf-cxx

Install netcdf-cxx 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 netcdf-cxx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netcdf-cxx

How To Uninstall netcdf-cxx on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the netcdf-cxx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove netcdf-cxx

netcdf-cxx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/873e976a98ad267708febba88e3eb2ca9a12f1
/usr/lib64/libnetcdf_c++.so.4
/usr/lib64/libnetcdf_c++.so.4.2.0
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-cxx
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-cxx/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-cxx/README

References

netcdf-cxx website

Summary

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