How To Install python3-mpi4py-mpich on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mpi4py-mpich on Rocky Linux 8. python3-mpi4py-mpich is Python 3.6 bindings of MPI, MPICH version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mpi4py-mpich on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-mpi4py-mpich

This package is constructed on top of the MPI-1/MPI-2 specification and provides an object oriented interface which closely follows MPI-2 C++ bindings. It supports point-to-point (sends, receives) and collective (broadcasts, scatters, gathers) communications of any picklable Python object as well as optimized communications of Python object exposing the single-segment buffer interface (NumPy arrays, built-in bytes/string/array objects). This package contains mpi4py compiled against MPICH.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-mpi4py-mpich on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-mpi4py-mpich.

Install python3-mpi4py-mpich 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 python3-mpi4py-mpich using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-mpi4py-mpich

Install python3-mpi4py-mpich 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 python3-mpi4py-mpich using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-mpi4py-mpich

How To Uninstall python3-mpi4py-mpich on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-mpi4py-mpich package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-mpi4py-mpich

python3-mpi4py-mpich Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/1b2f0a02c48b5ac97a15761937e8240422243f
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/2d120b06839d2745fede831b4949194b9983be
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/71cc1ecb76952b10997a268699a276870a8d10
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/6c51f854d067e6a45cef94d965b80eed364d68
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/5c9a1ee2c064c39bf531d6c113f3f4ea5e1a0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/619182dfc868daaa16d078d749efba86c75738
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py-3.0.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py-3.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py-3.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py-3.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py-3.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py-3.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/MPI.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/MPI.pxd
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__init__.pxd
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__main__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/bench.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/bench.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/run.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/__pycache__/run.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/bench.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/dl.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__main__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/_base.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/_base.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/_lib.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/_lib.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/aplus.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/aplus.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/pool.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/pool.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/server.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/__pycache__/server.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/_base.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/_lib.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/aplus.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/pool.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/futures/server.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/include
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/include/mpi4py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/include/mpi4py/mpi.pxi
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/include/mpi4py/mpi4py.MPI.h
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/include/mpi4py/mpi4py.MPI_api.h
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/include/mpi4py/mpi4py.h
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/include/mpi4py/mpi4py.i
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/lib-pmpi
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/lib-pmpi/libmpe.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/lib-pmpi/libvt-hyb.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/lib-pmpi/libvt-mpi.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/lib-pmpi/libvt.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/libmpi.pxd
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/mpi.cfg
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/mpi4py/run.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mpi4py-mpich on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.