How To Install cdfprofile on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install cdftools

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install cdftools

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is cdfprofile and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install cdfprofile on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install cdfprofile on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install cdfprofile using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cdftools

Install cdfprofile on CentOS 8 using yum

Because cdfprofile is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install cdfprofile package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cdftools

How to upgrade (update) a single package cdfprofile using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like cdfprofile in this example you should use the following command:

yum update cdftools

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade cdftools

How to Upgrade cdfprofile on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update cdftools

How To remove cdfprofile from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cdfprofile package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove cdftools

Extra info and code examples

CDFTOOLS is a diagnostic package written in fortran 90 for the analysis of NEMO model output in the frame of the DRAKKAR project. NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) is a state-of-the-art modeling framework for oceanographic research, operational oceanography seasonal forecast and climate studies.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install cdfprofile using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the cdfprofile from CentOS 8.

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