How To Install octave-GeographicLib on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-GeographicLib on CentOS 7. octave-GeographicLib is Octave implementation of GeographicLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-GeographicLib on CentOS 7.

What is octave-GeographicLib

A translation of some of the GeographicLib C++ functionality to Octave

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

Install octave-GeographicLib on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install octave-GeographicLib

Install octave-GeographicLib 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 octave-GeographicLib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install octave-GeographicLib

How To Uninstall octave-GeographicLib on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the octave-GeographicLib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove octave-GeographicLib

References

Summary

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