How To Install xrotor on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrotor on CentOS 7. xrotor is Design and analysis tools for propellers and windmills

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrotor on CentOS 7.

What is xrotor

XROTOR is an interactive program for the design and analysis of propellers and windmills. It includes 1. Design of minimum induced loss rotor (propeller or windmill) 2. Prompted input of an arbitrary rotor geometry 3. Interactive modification of a rotor geometry and many others.

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

Install xrotor on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xrotor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrotor

Install xrotor 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 xrotor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrotor

How To Uninstall xrotor on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xrotor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xrotor

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Summary

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