How To Install simde-devel on CentOS 8

simde-devel is Header files for SIMDe development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install simde-devel on CentOS 8.

What is simde-devel

The simde-devel package contains the header files needed to develop programs that use the SIMDe.

We can use yum or dnf to install simde-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install simde-devel.

Install simde-devel 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 simde-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install simde-devel

Install simde-devel 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 simde-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install simde-devel

How To Uninstall simde-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the simde-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove simde-devel

simde-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/simde
/usr/include/simde/arm
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/float32x2.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/float32x4.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/float64x1.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/float64x2.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int16x4.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int16x8.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int32x2.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int32x4.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int64x1.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int64x2.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int8x16.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/int8x8.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint16x4.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint16x8.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint32x2.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint32x4.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint64x1.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint64x2.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint8x16.h
/usr/include/simde/arm/neon/uint8x8.h
/usr/include/simde/check.h
/usr/include/simde/debug-trap.h
/usr/include/simde/hedley.h
/usr/include/simde/simde-arch.h
/usr/include/simde/simde-common.h
/usr/include/simde/x86
/usr/include/simde/x86/avx.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/avx2.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/avx512bw.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/avx512f.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/fma.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/mmx.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/sse.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/sse2.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/sse3.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/sse4.1.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/sse4.2.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/ssse3.h
/usr/include/simde/x86/svml.h
/usr/share/doc/simde-devel
/usr/share/doc/simde-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/simde-devel
/usr/share/licenses/simde-devel/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install simde-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.