How To Install wcslib-utils on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is wcslib-utils

Utils provided with wcslib

We can use yum or dnf to install wcslib-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wcslib-utils.

Install wcslib-utils 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 wcslib-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wcslib-utils

Install wcslib-utils 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 wcslib-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wcslib-utils

How To Uninstall wcslib-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the wcslib-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wcslib-utils

wcslib-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/HPXcvt
/usr/bin/fitshdr
/usr/bin/wcsware
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/092a9a004ec728ee59b25b6ccc554d354e8a82
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/e68713a37e24af182c67ec0f336b2845e4143f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/291c1550b38edb1781ef79ed8ed4c68a04dc1a
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib-utils
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/HPXcvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fitshdr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wcsware.1.gz

References

• wcslib-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.