How To Install gsl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsl on CentOS 7. gsl is The GNU Scientific Library for numerical analysis

Introduction

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

What is gsl

The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical analysis, written in C. The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical analysis, written in C.

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

Install gsl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gsl

Install gsl 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 gsl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gsl

How To Uninstall gsl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gsl

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Summary

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