How To Install fftw-libs-quad on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs-quad on Rocky Linux 8. fftw-libs-quad is FFTW library, quadruple

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs-quad on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `fftw-libs-quad`

This package contains the FFTW library compiled in quadruple precision.

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

Install fftw-libs-quad 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 fftw-libs-quad using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fftw-libs-quad

Install fftw-libs-quad 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 fftw-libs-quad using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fftw-libs-quad

How To Uninstall fftw-libs-quad on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fftw-libs-quad package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fftw-libs-quad

fftw-libs-quad Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/e854009e3f2c672fd6777f4d0b9035b53bea75
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/5224880f7ae614d95fb005fa1c1522b07c8c9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/fa58d6749ca21cad72f070331fadd96d091924
/usr/lib/libfftw3q.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3q.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_omp.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_threads.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/65fc9376f3d72ee43ba6aabcc00e953c616019
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/2b8e69036c87705aff4f226019fb214371dad5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/f820fc2e9dc87f09efc2cf876504287a1de71e
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_omp.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_threads.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYRIGHT

References

fftw-libs-quad website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs-quad on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.