How To Install boost-mpich-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich-devel on CentOS 8.
What is boost-mpich-devel
Devel package for Boost.MPI-MPICH, a library providing a clean C++ API over the MPICH implementation of MPI. boost-mpich-devel 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 11 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm powertools Shared library symbolic links for Boost.MPI http Boost and MIT and Python Devel package 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-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-mpich-devel.
Install boost-mpich-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-mpich-devel
Install boost-mpich-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-mpich-devel
How To Uninstall boost-mpich-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-mpich-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-mpich-devel
boost-mpich-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/mpich/lib/libboost_graph_parallel.so
/usr/lib/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich-devel
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich-devel/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_graph_parallel.so
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich-devel
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich-devel/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-mpich-devel website](http://www.boost.org http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.