How To Install xplanet on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xplanet
on CentOS 7.
What is xplanet
Xplanet is similar to Xearth, where an image of the earth is rendered into an X window. Azimuthal, Mercator, Mollweide, orthographic, or rectangular projections can be displayed as well as a window with a globe the user can rotate interactively. The other terrestrial planets may also be displayed. The Xplanet home page has links to locations with map files.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xplanet
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xplanet.
Install xplanet on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install xplanet
using yum
by running the following command:
Install xplanet 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.
After updating yum database, We can install xplanet
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall xplanet on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xplanet
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xplanet
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.