How To Install boost-mpich on CentOS 8

boost-mpich is Run-time component of Boost.MPI library Run-time component of Boost.MPI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich on CentOS 8.

What is boost-mpich

Run-time support for Boost.MPI-MPICH, a library providing a clean C++ API over the MPICH implementation of MPI. boost-mpich 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 44 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm powertools Run-time component of Boost.MPI library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for Boost.MPI-MPICH, a library providing a clean C++ API over the MPICH implementation of MPI.

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

Install boost-mpich on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install boost-mpich using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-mpich

Install boost-mpich on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install boost-mpich using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-mpich

How To Uninstall boost-mpich on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-mpich

boost-mpich Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/bc97271d54d943ac99c5658d8a658c2a015e6a
/usr/lib/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/5a2a451f67591a0eb106db0029a2fbe6033cf4
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.