How To Install scalapack-mpich-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-mpich-static on Rocky Linux 8. scalapack-mpich-static is Static libraries for ScaLAPACK (mpich)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-mpich-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is scalapack-mpich-static

This package contains static libraries for ScaLAPACK, compiled against mpich.

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

Install scalapack-mpich-static 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 scalapack-mpich-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scalapack-mpich-static

Install scalapack-mpich-static 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 scalapack-mpich-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scalapack-mpich-static

How To Uninstall scalapack-mpich-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the scalapack-mpich-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove scalapack-mpich-static

scalapack-mpich-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libscalapack.a

References

Summary

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