How To Install MUMPS on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install MUMPS on Rocky Linux 8. MUMPS is A MUltifrontal Massively Parallel sparse direct Solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install MUMPS on Rocky Linux 8.

What is MUMPS

MUMPS implements a direct solver for large sparse linear systems, with a particular focus on symmetric positive definite matrices. It can operate on distributed matrices e.g. over a cluster. It has Fortran and C interfaces, and can interface with ordering tools such as Scotch.

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

Install MUMPS 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 MUMPS using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install MUMPS

Install MUMPS 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 MUMPS using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install MUMPS

How To Uninstall MUMPS on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the MUMPS package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove MUMPS

MUMPS Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/0c939f5b270ca8522ce5f50f4909cac7e78481
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/fbe5d5dca57810c8643406e7ffdf5b9dcb2c3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/da7c65327f3606278e5d1ebb5593bb53f13cf9
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/53173b0d6da380fdcba25b002a867b99bf9fd7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/d3868189f3140640c3b3988f8f299c82b686b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/327890245a90d8de63185dbc9913c122290b33
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/75eb1ba7634a6880e0f8f1570f4d18771d49c6
/usr/lib64/libcmumps-5.3.so
/usr/lib64/libdmumps-5.3.so
/usr/lib64/libmpiseq-5.3.so
/usr/lib64/libmumps_common-5.3.so
/usr/lib64/libpord-5.3.so
/usr/lib64/libsmumps-5.3.so
/usr/lib64/libzmumps-5.3.so

References

Summary

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