How To Install libdap on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdap on CentOS 7. libdap is The C++ DAP2 library from OPeNDAP

Introduction

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

What is libdap

The libdap++ library contains an implementation of DAP2. This package contains the library, dap-config, and getdap. The script dap-config simplifies using the library in other projects. The getdap utility is a simple command-line tool to read from DAP2 servers. It is built using the library and demonstrates simple uses of it.

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

Install libdap on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libdap

Install libdap 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 libdap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libdap

How To Uninstall libdap on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libdap

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Summary

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