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.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xplanet using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xplanet
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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xplanet using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xplanet
How To Uninstall xplanet on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xplanet package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xplanet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xplanet on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
