How To Install HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8. HepMC3-rootIO is C++ Event Record for Monte Carlo Generators - ROOT IO

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `HepMC3-rootIO`

This package provides a library for ROOT IO support.

We can use yum or dnf to install HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install HepMC3-rootIO.

Install HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install HepMC3-rootIO using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install HepMC3-rootIO

Install HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install HepMC3-rootIO using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install HepMC3-rootIO

How To Uninstall HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the HepMC3-rootIO package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove HepMC3-rootIO

HepMC3-rootIO Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/dd4c0b9aee7dd9af2af2dc46613c7ecf483e78
/usr/lib64/root/libHepMC3rootIO.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libHepMC3rootIO.so
/usr/lib64/root/libHepMC3rootIO.so.3
/usr/lib64/root/libHepMC3rootIO_rdict.pcm

References

HepMC3-rootIO website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install HepMC3-rootIO on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.