How To Install libgomp-offload-nvptx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgomp-offload-nvptx on Rocky Linux 8. libgomp-offload-nvptx is GCC OpenMP v4.5 plugin for offloading to NVPTX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgomp-offload-nvptx on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libgomp-offload-nvptx

This package contains libgomp plugin for offloading to NVidia PTX. The plugin needs libcuda.so.1 shared library that has to be installed separately.

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

Install libgomp-offload-nvptx 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 libgomp-offload-nvptx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgomp-offload-nvptx

Install libgomp-offload-nvptx 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 libgomp-offload-nvptx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgomp-offload-nvptx

How To Uninstall libgomp-offload-nvptx on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libgomp-offload-nvptx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgomp-offload-nvptx

libgomp-offload-nvptx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/c20c3f8eb683199146939985624a961e174717
/usr/lib64/libgomp-plugin-nvptx.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgomp-plugin-nvptx.so.1.0.0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgomp-offload-nvptx on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.