How To Install libgfortran5 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran5 on CentOS 7. libgfortran5 is Fortran runtime v5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran5 on CentOS 7.

What is libgfortran5

This package contains Fortran shared library v5 which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs. This package contains Fortran shared library v5 which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgfortran5 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgfortran5.

Install libgfortran5 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libgfortran5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgfortran5

Install libgfortran5 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 libgfortran5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgfortran5

How To Uninstall libgfortran5 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libgfortran5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgfortran5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfortran5 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.