How To Install arpack-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install arpack-static on Rocky Linux 8. arpack-static is Static library for developing arpack based applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arpack-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is arpack-static

ARPACK is a collection of Fortran 77 subroutines designed to solve large scale eigenvalue problems. This package contains the static library and so links used for building arpack based applications.

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

Install arpack-static 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 arpack-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install arpack-static

Install arpack-static 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 arpack-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install arpack-static

How To Uninstall arpack-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the arpack-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove arpack-static

arpack-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/libarpack.a
/usr/lib64/libarpack64_.a

References

Summary

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