How To Install boost169-mpich-python3 on CentOS 8

boost169-mpich-python3 is Python 3 run-time component of Boost.MPI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich-python3 on CentOS 8.

What is boost169-mpich-python3

Python 3 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 boost169-mpich-python3 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-mpich-python3.

Install boost169-mpich-python3 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 boost169-mpich-python3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-mpich-python3

Install boost169-mpich-python3 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 boost169-mpich-python3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-mpich-python3

How To Uninstall boost169-mpich-python3 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the boost169-mpich-python3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost169-mpich-python3

boost169-mpich-python3 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/c493d9e208f5ce28e088f6e0435b2d427b951f
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/dad7ed131a46ada475d5424003237d168f0947
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi_python36.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/mpich/boost/mpi.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich-python3 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.