How To Install libxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libxc-devel
libxc is a library of exchange and correlation functionals. Its purpose is to be used in codes that implement density-functional theory. For the moment, the library includes most of the local density approximations (LDAs), generalized density approximation (GGAs), and meta-GGAs. The library provides values for the energy density and its 1st, 2nd, and (for the LDAs) 3rd derivatives. This package contains the development headers and library that are necessary in order to compile programs against libxc.
We can use yum or dnf to install libxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxc-devel.
Install libxc-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 libxc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libxc-devel
Install libxc-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 libxc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libxc-devel
How To Uninstall libxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libxc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libxc-devel
libxc-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/xc.h
/usr/include/xc_funcs.h
/usr/include/xc_funcs_removed.h
/usr/include/xc_version.h
/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules/libxc_funcs_m.mod
/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules/xc_f03_lib_m.mod
/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules/xc_f90_lib_m.mod
/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules/xc_f90_types_m.mod
/usr/lib64/libxc.so
/usr/lib64/libxcf03.so
/usr/lib64/libxcf90.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libxc.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libxcf03.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libxcf90.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxc-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
