How To Install espresso-common on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install espresso-common on CentOS 8.
What is espresso-common
ESPResSo can perform Molecular Dynamics simulations of bead-spring models in various ensembles ((N,V,E), (N,V,T), and (N,p,T)). ESPResSo contains a number of advanced algorithms, e.g. * DPD thermostat (for hydrodynamics) * P3M, MMM2D, MMM1D, ELC for electrostatic interactions * Lattice-Boltzmann for hydrodynamics This package contains the license file and data files shared between the sub-packages of espresso.
We can use yum or dnf to install espresso-common on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install espresso-common.
Install espresso-common 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 espresso-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install espresso-common
Install espresso-common 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 espresso-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install espresso-common
How To Uninstall espresso-common on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the espresso-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove espresso-common
espresso-common Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/espresso-common
/usr/share/doc/espresso-common/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/espresso-common/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/espresso-common/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/espresso-common/README
/usr/share/licenses/espresso-common
/usr/share/licenses/espresso-common/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install espresso-common on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.