How To Install netcdf-cxx4 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-cxx4 on Rocky Linux 8. netcdf-cxx4 is NetCDF-4 C++ library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-cxx4 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `netcdf-cxx4`

netCDF-4 C++ library.

We can use yum or dnf to install netcdf-cxx4 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install netcdf-cxx4.

Install netcdf-cxx4 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-cxx4 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netcdf-cxx4

Install netcdf-cxx4 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-cxx4 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netcdf-cxx4

How To Uninstall netcdf-cxx4 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the netcdf-cxx4 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove netcdf-cxx4

netcdf-cxx4 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/0b7370110800e35fb40aabbd08b498a8782ed5
/usr/lib64/libnetcdf_c++4.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnetcdf_c++4.so.1.0.3
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-cxx4
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-cxx4/COPYRIGHT

References

netcdf-cxx4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-cxx4 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.