How To Install gromacs-doc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gromacs-doc on Rocky Linux 8. gromacs-doc is GROMACS manual

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gromacs-doc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gromacs-doc

GROMACS is a versatile and extremely well optimized package to perform molecular dynamics computer simulations and subsequent trajectory analysis. It is developed for bio-molecules like proteins, but the extremely high performance means it is used also in several other field like polymer chemistry and solid state physics. This package the manual in PDF format.

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

Install gromacs-doc 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 gromacs-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gromacs-doc

Install gromacs-doc 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 gromacs-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gromacs-doc

How To Uninstall gromacs-doc on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gromacs-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gromacs-doc

gromacs-doc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/gromacs/manual.pdf

References

Summary

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