How To Install cgnslib on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgnslib on CentOS 7. cgnslib is Computational Fluid Dynamics General Notation System

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgnslib on CentOS 7.

What is cgnslib

The Computational Fluid Dynamics General Notation System (CGNS) provides a general, portable, and extensible standard for the storage and retrieval of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysisdata. It consists of a collection of conventions, and free and open software implementing those conventions. It is self-descriptive, machine-independent, well-documented, and administered by an international steering committee.

We can use yum or dnf to install cgnslib on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cgnslib.

Install cgnslib on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cgnslib

Install cgnslib on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cgnslib

How To Uninstall cgnslib on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cgnslib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgnslib on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.