How To Install orocos-bfl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install orocos-bfl on CentOS 7. orocos-bfl is A framework for inference in Dynamic Bayesian Networks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install orocos-bfl on CentOS 7.

What is orocos-bfl

The Bayesian Filtering Library (BFL) provides an application independent framework for inference in Dynamic Bayesian Networks, i.e., recursive information processing and estimation algorithms based on Bayes’ rule, such as (Extended) Kalman Filters, Particle Filters, etc. These algorithms can, for example, be run on top of the Realtime Services, or be used for estimation in Kinematics & Dynamics applications.

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

Install orocos-bfl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install orocos-bfl

Install orocos-bfl 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 orocos-bfl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install orocos-bfl

How To Uninstall orocos-bfl on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the orocos-bfl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove orocos-bfl

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Summary

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