How To Install erfa on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erfa on CentOS 8.
What is erfa
ERFA is a C library containing key algorithms for astronomy, and is based on the SOFA library published by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
We can use yum or dnf to install erfa on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install erfa.
Install erfa on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install erfa using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install erfa
Install erfa on CentOS 8 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 erfa using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install erfa
How To Uninstall erfa on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the erfa package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove erfa
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erfa on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.