How To Install SuperLU on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install SuperLU on Rocky Linux 8. SuperLU is Subroutines to solve sparse linear systems

Introduction

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

What is SuperLU

SuperLU contains a set of subroutines to solve a sparse linear system A*X=B. It uses Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting (GEPP). The columns of A may be preordered before factorization; the preordering for sparsity is completely separate from the factorization.

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

Install SuperLU 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 SuperLU using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SuperLU

Install SuperLU 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 SuperLU using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SuperLU

How To Uninstall SuperLU on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove SuperLU

SuperLU Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/cfc75dee860904365a2f82a1d9e8324f9981b7
/usr/lib/libsuperlu.so.5.1
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU/README
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU/License.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/c733078f9b7823e5f174237d2ea4cd2b3c96b3
/usr/lib64/libsuperlu.so.5.1
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU/README
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU/License.txt

References

Summary

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