How To Install compat-libgfortran-48 on CentOS 8

compat-libgfortran-48 is Compatibility Fortran runtime library version 4.8.5 Compatibility Fortran runtime library version 4.8.5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-libgfortran-48 on CentOS 8.

What is compat-libgfortran-48

This package includes a Fortran 95 runtime library for compatibility with GCC 4.8.x-RH compiled Fortran applications. compat-libgfortran-48 4.8.5 36.1.el8 x86_64 275 k compat-libgfortran-48-4.8.5-36.1.el8.src.rpm appstream Compatibility Fortran runtime library version 4.8.5 http GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and LGPLv2+ and BSD This package includes a Fortran 95 runtime library for compatibility with GCC 4.8.x-RH compiled Fortran applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-libgfortran-48 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-libgfortran-48.

Install compat-libgfortran-48 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 compat-libgfortran-48 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-libgfortran-48

Install compat-libgfortran-48 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 compat-libgfortran-48 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-libgfortran-48

How To Uninstall compat-libgfortran-48 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the compat-libgfortran-48 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-libgfortran-48

compat-libgfortran-48 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/5b4fd9e0b97c45efe267c8f6b6e22f427a9786
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/580f2fdab726fd65abd99cf8f4956a8f46bd53
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-libgfortran-48 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.