How To Install netcdf-cxx on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-cxx on CentOS 7. netcdf-cxx is Legacy netCDF C++ library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netcdf-cxx on CentOS 7.

What is netcdf-cxx

Legacy netCDF C++ library. This library is provided for backward compatibility only. New C++ development should be done with the netCDF CXX4 C++ library.

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

Install netcdf-cxx on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install netcdf-cxx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netcdf-cxx

Install netcdf-cxx 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 netcdf-cxx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netcdf-cxx

How To Uninstall netcdf-cxx on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the netcdf-cxx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove netcdf-cxx

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Summary

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