How To Install ginac on Fedora 34

ginac is C++ library for symbolic calculations C++ library for symbolic calculations

Introduction

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

What is ginac

GiNaC (which stands for “GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)”) is an open framework for symbolic computation within the C++ programming language. ginac 1.7.9 6.fc34 x86_64 903 k ginac-1.7.9-6.fc34.src.rpm fedora C++ library for symbolic calculations https GPLv2+ GiNaC (which stands for “GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)”) is an open framework for symbolic computation within the C++ programming language.

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

Install ginac 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 ginac using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ginac

Install ginac 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 ginac using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ginac

How To Uninstall ginac on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ginac

ginac Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/f832b6781fca2a15b2f96c2275e160076c9cf0
/usr/lib64/libginac.so.6
/usr/lib64/libginac.so.6.4.3
/usr/libexec/ginac-excompiler
/usr/share/licenses/ginac
/usr/share/licenses/ginac/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/4880453056daed4a0a740073109ded525acdb6
/usr/lib/libginac.so.6
/usr/lib/libginac.so.6.4.3
/usr/libexec/ginac-excompiler
/usr/share/licenses/ginac
/usr/share/licenses/ginac/COPYING

References

Summary

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