Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install calceph on CentOS 8.
What is calceph
This library is designed to access the binary planetary ephemeris files, such INPOPxx, JPL DExxx and SPICE ephemeris files.
We can use yum or dnf to install calceph on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install calceph.
Install calceph on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install calceph using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install calceph
Install calceph on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install calceph using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install calceph
How To Uninstall calceph on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the calceph package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove calceph
calceph Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/calceph_inspector
/usr/bin/calceph_queryorientation
/usr/bin/calceph_queryposition
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/71b98f8acff52d44a6dfa70fdd0ddbddb50a71
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/1f456fea997dc8adb60d2fb9962ac51f41868f
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/db76fe6e68b82256a41386fda65cd2350cf594
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install calceph on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
