How To Install cfitsio on CentOS 8

cfitsio is Library for manipulating FITS data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cfitsio on CentOS 8.

What is cfitsio

CFITSIO is a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and writing data files in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format. CFITSIO simplifies the task of writing software that deals with FITS files by providing an easy to use set of high-level routines that insulate the programmer from the internal complexities of the FITS file format. At the same time, CFITSIO provides many advanced features that have made it the most widely used FITS file programming interface in the astronomical community.

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

Install cfitsio on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cfitsio using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cfitsio

Install cfitsio on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cfitsio using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cfitsio

How To Uninstall cfitsio on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove cfitsio

cfitsio Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/ad5a5acdad49410d993ffa764adb50b1dabc09
/usr/lib64/libcfitsio.so.7
/usr/lib64/libcfitsio.so.7.3.47
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/License.txt
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/README
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/changes.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cfitsio on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.