How To Install CCfits on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install CCfits in AlmaLinux 8. CCfits is A C++ interface for cfitsio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install CCfits on AlmaLinux 8.

What is CCfits

CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++. It is written in ANSI C++ and implemented using the C++ Standard Library with namespaces, exception handling, and member template functions.

We can use yum or dnf to install CCfits on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install CCfits.

Install CCfits on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install CCfits

Install CCfits on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install CCfits

How To Uninstall CCfits on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove CCfits

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install CCfits on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.