How To Install gcc-gfortran.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-gfortran.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gcc-gfortran.x86_64 is Fortran support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-gfortran.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gcc-gfortran.x86_64`

The gcc-gfortran package provides support for compiling Fortran programs with the GNU Compiler Collection.

We can use yum to install gcc-gfortran.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-gfortran.x86_64.

Install gcc-gfortran.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-gfortran.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-gfortran.x86_64

How To Uninstall gcc-gfortran.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gcc-gfortran.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gcc-gfortran.x86_64

gcc-gfortran.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/f95
/usr/bin/gfortran
/usr/lib/gcc
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/ieee_arithmetic.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/ieee_exceptions.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/ieee_features.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/omp_lib.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/omp_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/omp_lib.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/omp_lib_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/openacc.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/openacc.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/openacc_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/finclude/openacc_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/libcaf_single.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/libgfortran.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/libgfortran.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/ieee_arithmetic.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/ieee_exceptions.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/ieee_features.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/omp_lib.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/omp_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/omp_lib.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/omp_lib_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/openacc.f90
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/openacc.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/openacc_kinds.mod
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/finclude/openacc_lib.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/libcaf_single.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/libgfortran.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/libgfortran.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/libgfortran.spec
/usr/libexec/gcc
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/f951
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2002.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2002.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2003.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2003.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2004.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2004.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2005.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2005.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2006.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2006.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2007.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2007.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2008.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2008.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2009.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2009.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2010.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2010.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2011.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2011.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2012.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2012.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2013.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2013.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2014.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2014.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2015.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2015.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2016.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog-2016.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog.libgfortran.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-gfortran-7.3.1/ChangeLog.ptr.bz2
/usr/share/info/gfortran.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gfortran.1.gz

References

gcc-gfortran.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-gfortran.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.