How To Install libaec on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaec on CentOS 7.
What is libaec
Libaec provides fast loss-less compression of 1 up to 32 bit wide signed or unsigned integers (samples). The library achieves best results for low entropy data as often encountered in space imaging instrument data or numerical model output from weather or climate simulations. While floating point representations are not directly supported, they can also be efficiently coded by grouping exponents and mantissa. Libaec implements Golomb Rice coding as defined in the Space Data System Standard documents 121.0-B-2 and 120.0-G-2. Libaec includes a free drop-in replacement for the SZIP library (http
We can use yum or dnf to install libaec on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libaec.
Install libaec on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libaec using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libaec
Install libaec 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 libaec using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libaec
How To Uninstall libaec on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libaec package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libaec
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaec on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
