How To Install libnova on Fedora 34

libnova is Libnova is a general purpose astronomy & astrodynamics library Libnova is a general purpose astronomy & astrodynamics library

Introduction

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

What is libnova

Libnova is a general purpose, double precision, celestial mechanics, astrometry and astrodynamics library libnova 0.15.0 17.fc34 x86_64 958 k libnova-0.15.0-17.fc34.src.rpm fedora Libnova is a general purpose astronomy & astrodynamics library http LGPLv2+ Libnova is a general purpose, double precision, celestial mechanics, astrometry and astrodynamics library

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

Install libnova 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 libnova using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnova

Install libnova 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 libnova using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnova

How To Uninstall libnova on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libnova

libnova Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/libnovaconfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/f1381a25ed079d89515b6e8eb759667ba152e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/e52f6828d7770e4831745d4fe85867a5e79775
/usr/lib/libnova-0.15.so.0
/usr/lib/libnova-0.15.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libnova
/usr/share/doc/libnova/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnova/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnova/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libnova/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libnova/README
/usr/bin/libnovaconfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/3eea974c42722cda28e5e55d48265902037c27
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/2dc3382bdf6ac81aaaa4d2f09ed14e04f34819
/usr/lib64/libnova-0.15.so.0
/usr/lib64/libnova-0.15.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libnova
/usr/share/doc/libnova/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnova/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnova/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libnova/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libnova/README

References

Summary

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