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

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

Introduction

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

What is `boost-openmpi-python3`

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-openmpi-python3

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

sudo yum -y install boost-openmpi-python3

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

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

sudo dnf remove boost-openmpi-python3

boost-openmpi-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/beb4d2d480f49d34a91c6912e465dea9fc7449
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/6a0f06575febc3474a4fe49e555b47065e2090
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libboost_mpi_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi/boost
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi/boost/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi/boost/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi/boost/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi/boost/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi/boost/mpi.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-openmpi-python3 website

Summary

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