How To Install engrid on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install engrid on Fedora 34.

What is `engrid`

enGrid is an open-source mesh generation software with CFD applications in mind. enGrid uses the Netgen library for tetrahedral grid generation and an in-house development for prismatic boundary layer grids. Internally, enGrid uses the VTK data structures as well as the *.vtu file format. engrid 2.0.0 0.36.20170615git0563bcc.fc34 x86_64 1.4 M engrid-2.0.0-0.36.20170615git0563bcc.fc34.src.rpm fedora Mesh generation tool http GPLv3+ enGrid is an open-source mesh generation software with CFD applications in mind. enGrid uses the Netgen library for tetrahedral grid generation and an in-house development for prismatic boundary layer grids. Internally, enGrid uses the VTK data structures as well as the *.vtu file format.

We can use yum or dnf to install engrid on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install engrid.

Install engrid on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install engrid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install engrid

Install engrid on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install engrid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install engrid

How To Uninstall engrid on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove engrid

engrid Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/engrid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/1a04152c122e9e2fd01685bd136b640ab9c944
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/6eced715d0e14de61bdac0e149c77f644cc21b
/usr/lib/liblibengrid.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/applications/engrid.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/engrid.png
/usr/share/licenses/engrid
/usr/share/licenses/engrid/gpl.txt
/usr/share/licenses/engrid/licence.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/engrid.1.gz
/usr/bin/engrid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/4c3169f60627f7845fddbe2c84200940ae7732
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/3f273aacc420cb12ce8a7cdef03125ec7f8ace
/usr/lib64/liblibengrid.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/applications/engrid.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/engrid.png
/usr/share/licenses/engrid
/usr/share/licenses/engrid/gpl.txt
/usr/share/licenses/engrid/licence.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/engrid.1.gz

References

[engrid website](http://engits.eu/en/engrid http://engits.eu/en/engrid)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install engrid on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.