How To Install f2c on CentOS 8

f2c is A Fortran 77 to C/C++ conversion program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install f2c on CentOS 8.

What is `f2c`

F2c converts Fortran 77 source code to C or C++ source files. If no Fortran files are named on the command line, f2c can read Fortran from standard input and write C to standard output.

We can use yum or dnf to install f2c on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install f2c.

Install f2c 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 f2c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install f2c

Install f2c 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 f2c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install f2c

How To Uninstall f2c on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the f2c package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove f2c

f2c Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/f2c
/usr/include/f2c.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/e04e89e501e788611d1fd757216617ece63528
/usr/lib64/libf2c.so
/usr/share/doc/f2c
/usr/share/doc/f2c/README
/usr/share/doc/f2c/changes
/usr/share/doc/f2c/f2c.pdf
/usr/share/doc/f2c/f2c.ps
/usr/share/licenses/f2c
/usr/share/licenses/f2c/Notice
/usr/share/man/man1/f2c.1.gz

References

f2c website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install f2c on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.