How To Install libgnat on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnat on CentOS 7. libgnat is GNU Ada 95 runtime shared libraries

Introduction

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

What is libgnat

GNAT is a GNU Ada 95 front-end to GCC. This package includes shared libraries, which are required to run programs compiled with the GNAT. GNAT is a GNU Ada 95 front-end to GCC. This package includes shared libraries, which are required to run programs compiled with the GNAT.

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

Install libgnat on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libgnat

Install libgnat 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 libgnat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgnat

How To Uninstall libgnat on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libgnat

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Summary

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