CentOS 7.7: libgfortran.so.4 not found

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samuelandjw
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CentOS 7.7: libgfortran.so.4 not found

Post by samuelandjw » 2019/09/25 05:58:24

I want to install a R package which needs libgfortran.so.4. The installation failed and it complained libgfortran.so.4 cannot be found. I can only find /usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3 and /usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3.0.0. I suspected the libgfortran that came with Centos 7.7 is too old. However, when I checked the version of the installed libgfortran, I found that libgfortran-4.8.5-39.el7.x86_64 has been installed and the installed files were located at

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/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3
/usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3.0.0
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I am confused. Why is the installed libgfortran-4.8.5 named libgfortran.so.3? Shouldn't the file name be libgfortran.so.4?

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Re: CentOS 7.7: libgfortran.so.4 not found

Post by TrevorH » 2019/09/25 20:33:48

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[root@centos7 ~]# yum provides '*/libgfortran.so.4'
Loaded plugins: priorities
libgfortran4-8.3.1-2.1.1.el7.i686 : Fortran runtime v4
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.4



libgfortran4-8.3.1-2.1.1.el7.x86_64 : Fortran runtime v4
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.4
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Re: CentOS 7.7: libgfortran.so.4 not found

Post by samuelandjw » 2019/09/26 06:51:54

Thanks for the reply.

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