How To Install fcl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcl on CentOS 8.
What is fcl
FCL is a library for performing three types of proximity queries on a pair of geometric models composed of triangles. * Collision detection optionally, all of the triangles that overlap. * Distance computation of models, i.e., the distance between the closest pair of points. * Tolerance verification farther than a tolerance distance. * Continuous collision detection overlap during the movement, and optionally, the time of contact. * Contact information detection, the contact information (including contact normals and contact points) can be returned optionally.
We can use yum or dnf to install fcl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcl.
Install fcl 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 fcl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fcl
Install fcl 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 fcl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fcl
How To Uninstall fcl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fcl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fcl
fcl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/4e202c514da6cdb123cec135815bec2be90bf1
/usr/lib64/libfcl.so.0.6
/usr/lib64/libfcl.so.0.6.1
/usr/share/doc/fcl
/usr/share/doc/fcl/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/fcl/README.md
/usr/share/fcl
/usr/share/fcl/package.xml
/usr/share/licenses/fcl
/usr/share/licenses/fcl/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.