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

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

Introduction

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

What is `fftw-libs-single`

This package contains the FFTW library compiled in single precision.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fftw-libs-single

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

sudo yum -y install fftw-libs-single

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

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

sudo dnf remove fftw-libs-single

fftw-libs-single Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/39265cbac0719464c6a3a5fdfc869a04011d92
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/9259c98628d1aff82fd2436e2162e8358a68c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/2167c88ae9b82e7ec0d5d0a20e8d7320651d56
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_omp.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_threads.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/1d0bc96d97d38bf76cdca613cf733cb1d49d93
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/ab2e353799bb005779cee58c9b9297018100b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/53c6f85d680a35c34bb001c46348680f68b55e
/usr/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3f.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_omp.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_threads.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYRIGHT

References

fftw-libs-single website

Summary

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