How To Install boost169-openmpi-python2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-openmpi-python2 on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-openmpi-python2
Python 2 support for Boost.MPI-OpenMPI, a library providing a clean C++ API over the OpenMPI implementation of MPI.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-openmpi-python2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-openmpi-python2.
Install boost169-openmpi-python2 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-openmpi-python2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-openmpi-python2
Install boost169-openmpi-python2 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-openmpi-python2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-openmpi-python2
How To Uninstall boost169-openmpi-python2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-openmpi-python2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-openmpi-python2
boost169-openmpi-python2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/548139725f8a5a6d89743999ee55a4d7e2e53a
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/3e92aa0cece3c8f0e553bd25d68d43d5fc93dc
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libboost_mpi_python27.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/openmpi/boost
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/openmpi/boost/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/openmpi/boost/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/openmpi/boost/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/openmpi/boost/mpi.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-openmpi-python2
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-openmpi-python2/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-openmpi-python2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.