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libgfortran4


Information about the package, libgfortran4, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libgfortran4 package is designed for, Fortran runtime.


Package Name:

libgfortran4

Summary:

Fortran runtime

Description:

LGPLv2+ and BSD This package contains Fortran shared library which is needed to run Fortran dynamically linked programs.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

7.1.1

Release:

2.4.1.el6_9

Size:

403 k

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and



Handy Yum Commands for libgfortran4


Control the libgfortran4 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libgfortran4

This command will install libgfortran4 on the server.

yum remove libgfortran4

This command will un-install libgfortran4 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libgfortran4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libgfortran4

This command will un-install libgfortran4 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libgfortran4 when using the -y flag.

yum update libgfortran4

This command will update libgfortran4 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libgfortran4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libgfortran4

This command will update libgfortran4 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libgfortran4 when using the -y flag.

yum info libgfortran4

This command will show you core information about the libgfortran4 package.

yum deplist libgfortran4

This command will show you the dependencies for libgfortran4. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update libgfortran4

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libgfortran4. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.