How To Install netcdf-fortran on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-fortran on Rocky Linux 8. netcdf-fortran is Fortran libraries for NetCDF-4

Introduction

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

What is `netcdf-fortran`

Fortran libraries for NetCDF-4.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install netcdf-fortran

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

sudo yum -y install netcdf-fortran

How To Uninstall netcdf-fortran on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove netcdf-fortran

netcdf-fortran Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/3d6b5743f979819cfaf119c02da093a7e77ae6
/usr/lib64/libnetcdff.so.7
/usr/lib64/libnetcdff.so.7.0.0
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-fortran
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-fortran/README.md
/usr/share/doc/netcdf-fortran/RELEASE_NOTES.md
/usr/share/licenses/netcdf-fortran
/usr/share/licenses/netcdf-fortran/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/netcdf-fortran/F03Interfaces_LICENSE

References

netcdf-fortran website

Summary

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