How To Install libgfortran on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran on CentOS 8.
What is libgfortran
This package contains Fortran shared library which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs. This package contains Fortran shared library which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs.
We can use yum or dnf to install libgfortran on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgfortran.
Install libgfortran on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libgfortran using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libgfortran
Install libgfortran 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 libgfortran using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libgfortran
How To Uninstall libgfortran on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libgfortran package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libgfortran
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.