How To Install g2clib-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install g2clib-devel on CentOS 8.
What is g2clib-devel
This library contains “C” decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. The user API for the GRIB2 routines is described in file “grib2c.doc”. The g2clib-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use g2clib.
We can use yum or dnf to install g2clib-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install g2clib-devel.
Install g2clib-devel 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 g2clib-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install g2clib-devel
Install g2clib-devel 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 g2clib-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install g2clib-devel
How To Uninstall g2clib-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the g2clib-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove g2clib-devel
g2clib-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/drstemplates.h
/usr/include/grib2.h
/usr/include/gridtemplates.h
/usr/include/pdstemplates.h
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.g2clib
/usr/lib64/libg2c_v1.6.0.a
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/g2clib-msg.txt
/usr/share/doc/g2clib-devel/grib2c.doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install g2clib-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.