How To Install boost-mpich-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. boost-mpich-python3 is Python 3 run-time component of Boost.MPI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich-python3 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is boost-mpich-python3

Python 3 support for Boost.MPI-MPICH, a library providing a clean C++ API over the MPICH implementation of MPI.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost-mpich-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-mpich-python3.

Install boost-mpich-python3 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 boost-mpich-python3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-mpich-python3

Install boost-mpich-python3 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 boost-mpich-python3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-mpich-python3

How To Uninstall boost-mpich-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the boost-mpich-python3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost-mpich-python3

boost-mpich-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/2e727a608c1b7b0ee530921192c5e4694fd542
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/ac031791dab0aac2a315030840bf4de3fe4887
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/mpi.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.