How To Install boost-openmpi on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `boost-openmpi`

Run-time 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 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-openmpi.

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-openmpi

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

sudo yum -y install boost-openmpi

How To Uninstall boost-openmpi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-openmpi

boost-openmpi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/0d68262a13ef71e52f02999956f26a74f0c052
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/3f9e07fd903627b9cb6244a7a659c44db94280
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-openmpi website

Summary

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