How To Install boost169-mpich-python2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich-python2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. boost169-mpich-python2-devel is Shared library symbolic links for Boost.MPI Python 2 component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich-python2-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is boost169-mpich-python2-devel

Devel package for the Python 2 interface of Boost.MPI-MPICH, a library providing a clean C++ API over the MPICH implementation of MPI.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-mpich-python2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-mpich-python2-devel.

Install boost169-mpich-python2-devel 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 boost169-mpich-python2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-mpich-python2-devel

Install boost169-mpich-python2-devel 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 boost169-mpich-python2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-mpich-python2-devel

How To Uninstall boost169-mpich-python2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the boost169-mpich-python2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost169-mpich-python2-devel

boost169-mpich-python2-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/boost169/libboost_mpi_python27.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich-python2-devel
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich-python2-devel/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich-python2-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.