How To Install jhdf on Fedora 34

jhdf is Java HDF Package

Introduction

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

What is `jhdf`

HDF is a versatile data model that can represent very complex data objects and a wide variety of meta-data. It is a completely portable file format with no limit on the number or size of data objects in the collection. This Java package wraps the native HDF4 library.

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

Install jhdf 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 jhdf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jhdf

Install jhdf 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 jhdf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jhdf

How To Uninstall jhdf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove jhdf

jhdf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/2c6a3184b91006041e30d04a508f8c915e52c0
/usr/lib/java/jhdf.jar
/usr/lib64/jhdf/libjhdf.so
/usr/share/licenses/jhdf5
/usr/share/licenses/jhdf5/COPYING
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jhdf5-jhdf.xml

References

jhdf website

Summary

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