How To Install libnova on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnova on CentOS 7. libnova is Libnova is a general purpose astronomy & astrodynamics library

Introduction

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

What is libnova

Libnova is a general purpose, double precision, celestial mechanics, astrometry and astrodynamics library

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

Install libnova on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libnova

Install libnova 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 libnova using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnova

How To Uninstall libnova on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libnova

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Summary

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