How To Install wcslib-utils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-utils on CentOS 8.
What is wcslib-utils
Utils provided with wcslib
We can use yum or dnf to install wcslib-utils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wcslib-utils.
Install wcslib-utils 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 wcslib-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wcslib-utils
Install wcslib-utils 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 wcslib-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wcslib-utils
How To Uninstall wcslib-utils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the wcslib-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wcslib-utils
wcslib-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/HPXcvt
/usr/bin/fitshdr
/usr/bin/wcsware
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/092a9a004ec728ee59b25b6ccc554d354e8a82
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/e68713a37e24af182c67ec0f336b2845e4143f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/291c1550b38edb1781ef79ed8ed4c68a04dc1a
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib-utils
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/HPXcvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fitshdr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wcsware.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.