How To Install FoXlibf on CentOS 8

FoXlibf is A Fortran XML Library

Introduction

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

What is FoXlibf

FoX is an XML library written in Fortran 95. It allows software developers to read, write and modify XML documents from Fortran applications without the complications of dealing with multiple language development.

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

Install FoXlibf 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 FoXlibf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install FoXlibf

Install FoXlibf 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 FoXlibf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install FoXlibf

How To Uninstall FoXlibf on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove FoXlibf

FoXlibf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/fc65920e57c347084f1006e38cc730ccc5fd28
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/a954c7a2a4e17b98da8868a1a5514034116190
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/34fc39e03f4f38ef551a11deb3b82a71956c0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/2996245c64c35ace6e543f63dc72f6ad61144b
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/786c9bb38278b5eff5f98507b73e624e1c4947
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/e09fe7cd6750ac23a10695e493181b5cc41ae8
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/09391b005da007d2eda2f596e463375660a62a
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/4a8a43b5de0495a427cf128a5e4cfde39147a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/ee2b4d54c28800a20e426380a6d59d48c16d1a
/usr/lib64/libFoX_common.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_common.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_dom.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_dom.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_dompp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_dompp.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_fsys.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_fsys.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_sax.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_sax.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_utils.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_utils.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_wcml.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_wcml.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_wkml.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_wkml.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_wxml.so.0
/usr/lib64/libFoX_wxml.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/FoXlibf
/usr/share/doc/FoXlibf/README.FoX.txt
/usr/share/licenses/FoXlibf
/usr/share/licenses/FoXlibf/LICENSE

References

Summary

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