How To Install libgfortran on Fedora 34

libgfortran is Fortran runtime Fortran runtime

Introduction

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

What is libgfortran

This package contains Fortran shared library which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs. libgfortran 11.2.1 1.fc34 x86_64 806 k gcc-11.2.1-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Fortran runtime http GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and LGPLv2+ and BSD This package contains Fortran shared library which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs.

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

Install libgfortran 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 libgfortran using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgfortran

Install libgfortran 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 libgfortran using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgfortran

How To Uninstall libgfortran on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libgfortran

libgfortran Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/df90c255475a0f02546a42b7220bbb43adfb83
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.5
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.5.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/ee9ebe9107bb68f4a1af50b2a207820414cee0
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.5
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.5.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/633223e5c640c8874ed6e194372323cb311b3c
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.5
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.5.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/41f4ba2d2fab42542af2b1e72e37bab24f54dd
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.5
/usr/lib/libgfortran.so.5.0.0

References

Summary

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