How To Install openvdb on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvdb on CentOS 8.
What is openvdb
OpenVDB is an Academy Award-winning open-source C++ library comprising a novel hierarchical data structure and a suite of tools for the efficient storage and manipulation of sparse volumetric data discretized on three-dimensional grids. It is developed and maintained by Academy Software Foundation for use in volumetric applications typically encountered in feature film production. This package contains some graphical tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install openvdb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvdb.
Install openvdb on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install openvdb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openvdb
Install openvdb on CentOS 8 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 openvdb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openvdb
How To Uninstall openvdb on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the openvdb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openvdb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvdb on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.