How To Install ncl on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncl on Rocky Linux 8. ncl is NCAR Command Language and NCAR Graphics
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncl on Rocky Linux 8.
What is ncl
NCAR Command Language (NCL) is an interpreted language designed specifically for scientific data processing and visualization. Portable, robust, and free, NCL supports netCDF3/4, GRIB1/2, HDF-SDS, HDF4-EOS, binary, shapefiles, and ASCII files. Numerous analysis functions are built-in. High quality graphics are easily created and customized with hundreds of graphic resources. Many example scripts and their corresponding graphics are available.
We can use yum or dnf to install ncl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncl.
Install ncl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ncl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncl
Install ncl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ncl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ncl
How To Uninstall ncl on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the ncl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncl
ncl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/profile.d/ncarg.csh
/etc/profile.d/ncarg.sh
/usr/bin/ConvertMapData
/usr/bin/WriteLineFile
/usr/bin/WriteNameFile
/usr/bin/WritePlotcharData
/usr/bin/cgm2ncgm
/usr/bin/ctlib
/usr/bin/ctrans
/usr/bin/ezmapdemo
/usr/bin/fcaps
/usr/bin/findg
/usr/bin/fontc
/usr/bin/gcaps
/usr/bin/graphc
/usr/bin/ictrans
/usr/bin/idt
/usr/bin/med
/usr/bin/ncargfile
/usr/bin/ncargpath
/usr/bin/ncargrun
/usr/bin/ncargversion
/usr/bin/ncargworld
/usr/bin/ncarlogo2ps
/usr/bin/ncarvversion
/usr/bin/ncgm2cgm
/usr/bin/ncgmstat
/usr/bin/ncl
/usr/bin/ncl_convert2nc
/usr/bin/ncl_filedump
/usr/bin/ncl_grib2nc
/usr/bin/ncl_quicklook
/usr/bin/nnalg
/usr/bin/pre2ncgm
/usr/bin/pre2ncgm.prog
/usr/bin/psblack
/usr/bin/psplit
/usr/bin/pswhite
/usr/bin/pwritxnt
/usr/bin/ras2ccir601
/usr/bin/rascat
/usr/bin/rasgetpal
/usr/bin/rasls
/usr/bin/rassplit
/usr/bin/rasstat
/usr/bin/rasview
/usr/bin/tdpackdemo
/usr/bin/tgks0a
/usr/bin/tlocal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/69987476e2223a73c03801d7f59731e2974355
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/66d61694a1661b8ac3eaa70c06991924f87f42
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/43e93973d3c38eabf9ab9e77ac48f6433bac4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/2f291167c5d4cd44abbf23243bc7295505c9e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/9bd7df6e9a3091dc6ef20ad0f0fcc61e37287f
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/215964ca19c3a1b0e013ed155ade2cd1af7174
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/9b1a652ca5a10d04239746312e48a83fb82c9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/ab70b105eec1b54ba79d3ac66ec1f5dd88ee13
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/f6bf9ec1ff3a71898b7806456ba445247aa9ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/6b00e85a43c2124ed527cc2c1d1d59b3783e6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/2cc14e06a4a7ba41ea166a301be09ffe0a8fec
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/6f5f21e791bc2b2d9169bb343379122ec59ce7
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/cb977c5d1a406d98991c0be2a86bcfa72da3b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/15870449b30bdc9e4bf770aba33889b2d2ebf6
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/4e4f0c826cb2836b8347de279c4311c0f9b499
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/83dd0696cf15eb6bd07af40c553e8417b01c7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/a589bddaf3023ff7809627e209625b77a6273b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/a3022931316d80901f52aa6116068603ed652d
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/06e5666ddb41f72de1c78019a2235d8e2c7ac4
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/b8d8489bd1ee9ffcf65585e4ee14ff15457556
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/eebc3593574b11648353a45267e557cb52ed7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/8e8fab47114fdea6350d8a6a8816e901975b62
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/8728ca25e1dc0a3685026b6eb0da88457f07c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/48505f214cb44f57b0587cffbe19c885730c3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/41120126088ac63bb81b9daaf359793d5221bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/0f751b859812f9f5bf19437f0d7e9ce9b39b41
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/404884a34083ac0a3b0278ebf7718fcc2c57cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/ceaf310e8c1c56ec03b345ea9870be29028bcf
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/39c4f7a39e0db7e851d036975faf84fdbec38b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/b8408b192c6cbeedfc358c909221caaf8c900b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/18f5b3e5867f9ee94473fc2454044dbc7d7c05
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/c32593389b7e7d1ea5b6ab61a5d882268dc58a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/87887005edbc33ae30d480530312cb865c6b88
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/eaad26e973e0a17739684c51ad0eb6ede05b64
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/c9843f0335de97a4479fec2aadd0286e412e47
/usr/lib/ncarg/database
/usr/lib/ncarg/fontcaps
/usr/lib/ncarg/graphcaps
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..1.areas
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..1.lines
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..1.names
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..2.areas
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..2.lines
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..2.names
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..3.areas
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..3.lines
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..3.names
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..4.areas
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..4.lines
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/Earth..4.names
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapAreaInfo.CO
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapAreaInfo.PO
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapAreaInfo.PS
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapAreaInfo.US
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapOutlines.CO
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapOutlines.PO
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapOutlines.PS
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/EzmapOutlines.US
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/NhlMapData
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/PlotcharData
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ezmap_area_ids
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ezmapdata
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/Aristarcoj2.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/Vera.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraBI.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraBd.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraIt.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraMoBI.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraMoBd.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraMoIt.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraMono.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraSe.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/VeraSeBd.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/cmex10.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ftfonts/cmsy10.ttf
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/pwritdata
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/ranfdata
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/rgb.dir
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/rgb.pag
/usr/lib64/ncarg/database/rgb.txt
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font1
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font10
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font11
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font12
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font13
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font14
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font15
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font16
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font17
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font18
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font19
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font2
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font20
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font21
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font22
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font25
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font26
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font29
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font3
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font30
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font33
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font34
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font35
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font36
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font37
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font4
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font5
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font6
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font7
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font8
/usr/lib64/ncarg/fontcaps/font9
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/adm5
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/aed.a
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/aed.b
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/balsml
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/ditroff
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hp150
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hp2648a
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hp7475a
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hp7510a
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hpgl
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hpgl2
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hpgl2.dual
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hpgl2pe
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/hpgl2pe.dual
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/imagen
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/imagen.port
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/pc.mono
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/ps.color
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/ps.land.color
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/ps.land.mono
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/ps.mono
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/qms800
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/r6211
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/s100
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/t4010
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/t4025
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/t4105
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/t4107
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/t4107.seg
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/t4115
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/t4115.seg
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/tal1590
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/tekalike
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/versaterm
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/vt100
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/vt125
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/vt220
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/vt240
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/vt330
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/vt340
/usr/lib64/ncarg/graphcaps/vt340w
/usr/share/doc/ncl
/usr/share/doc/ncl/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ncl
/usr/share/licenses/ncl/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.