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Install NetCDF Libraries in Centos8 Docker Container

- Posted by: Barbra Lashbrook - December 11, 2020 Back to CIRA Wiki Home

Topic Catagories: How To, How To: Docker

Tags: Centos8, Docker

FROM centos:8

dnf install -y epel-release dnf-plugins-core && \
dnf --enablerepo=powertools install -y netcdf-fortran netcdf-devel

Notes:

centos 8 brings an updated package manager dnf : https://linuxhint.com/centos8_package_management_dnf/

yum still works, but don’t get trapped using deprecated commands.  dnf seems like an easy swap in.

While the netcdf libraries are in the epel-release repository some of the libraries they rely on are within the powertools repo (not default).  For containers these can be enabled inline as above.