How To Install root-minuit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-minuit on Rocky Linux 8. root-minuit is Minuit library for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-minuit on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `root-minuit`

This package contains the MINUIT library for ROOT. This provides a fitting algorithm for ROOT.

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

Install root-minuit 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 root-minuit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-minuit

Install root-minuit 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 root-minuit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-minuit

How To Uninstall root-minuit on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-minuit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-minuit

root-minuit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TFitter.h
/usr/include/root/TLinearFitter.h
/usr/include/root/TLinearMinimizer.h
/usr/include/root/TMinuit.h
/usr/include/root/TMinuitMinimizer.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/ebe2bc0785083312c6ccb23838107177d1ecea
/usr/lib64/root/libMinuit.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libMinuit.so
/usr/lib64/root/libMinuit.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libMinuit.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libMinuit_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/ROOT@@Math@@Minimizer/P020_TMinuitMinimizer.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/ROOT@@Math@@Minimizer/P060_TLinearMinimizer.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualFitter/P010_TFitter.C

References

root-minuit website

Summary

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