How To Install votca-xtp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-xtp on Rocky Linux 8. votca-xtp is VOTCA excitation and charge properties module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-xtp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is votca-xtp

Versatile Object-oriented Toolkit for Coarse-graining Applications (VOTCA) is a package intended to reduce the amount of routine work when doing systematic coarse-graining of various systems. The core is written in C++. This package contains the excitation and charge properties module of VOTCA package.

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

Install votca-xtp 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 votca-xtp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install votca-xtp

Install votca-xtp 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 votca-xtp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install votca-xtp

How To Uninstall votca-xtp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the votca-xtp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove votca-xtp

votca-xtp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xtp_basisset
/usr/bin/xtp_dump
/usr/bin/xtp_makeauxbasis
/usr/bin/xtp_map
/usr/bin/xtp_parallel
/usr/bin/xtp_run
/usr/bin/xtp_tools
/usr/bin/xtp_update_mapfile
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/ff309f70f47ff97f7792262bb91da1176bbeed
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/477a4c44f835382f2787779accfba86802b6a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/0aac41125648f8f4490ced20acac814b670e4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/36cc3e08198de006ae24c50c1859e2974e3f41
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/529c755bf4698cce10b365a0d12e7378c1ba16
/usr/share/doc/votca-xtp
/usr/share/doc/votca-xtp/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/votca-xtp/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/votca-xtp/README.md

References

Summary

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