How To Install gdl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdl on Rocky Linux 8. gdl is GNU Data Language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gdl`

A free IDL (Interactive Data Language) compatible incremental compiler (i.e. runs IDL programs). IDL is a registered trademark of Research Systems Inc.

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

Install gdl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install gdl

Install gdl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install gdl

How To Uninstall gdl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gdl

gdl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/profile.d/gdl.csh
/etc/profile.d/gdl.sh
/usr/bin/gdl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/dcca916b98e26a76180076751218536b244593
/usr/share/doc/gdl
/usr/share/doc/gdl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gdl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gdl/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/gdl/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gdl/README
/usr/share/licenses/gdl
/usr/share/licenses/gdl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/gdl.1.gz

References

gdl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.