How To Install ptscotch-openmpi-devel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptscotch-openmpi-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ptscotch-openmpi-devel

This package contains development libraries for PT-Scotch, compiled against openmpi.

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

Install ptscotch-openmpi-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 ptscotch-openmpi-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ptscotch-openmpi-devel

Install ptscotch-openmpi-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 ptscotch-openmpi-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ptscotch-openmpi-devel

How To Uninstall ptscotch-openmpi-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ptscotch-openmpi-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ptscotch-openmpi-devel

ptscotch-openmpi-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/openmpi-i386/esmumps.h
/usr/include/openmpi-i386/ptscotch.h
/usr/include/openmpi-i386/ptscotchf.h
/usr/include/openmpi-i386/scotch.h
/usr/include/openmpi-i386/scotchf.h
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libptesmumps.so
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libptscotch.so
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libptscotcherr.so
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libptscotcherrexit.so
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libptscotchparmetis.so
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libscotch.so
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libscotcherr.so
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libscotcherrexit.so
/usr/include/openmpi-x86_64/esmumps.h
/usr/include/openmpi-x86_64/ptscotch.h
/usr/include/openmpi-x86_64/ptscotchf.h
/usr/include/openmpi-x86_64/scotch.h
/usr/include/openmpi-x86_64/scotchf.h
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libptesmumps.so
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libptscotch.so
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libptscotcherr.so
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libptscotcherrexit.so
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libptscotchparmetis.so
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libscotch.so
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libscotcherr.so
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libscotcherrexit.so

References

• ptscotch-openmpi-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptscotch-openmpi-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.