How To Install fann on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fann on CentOS 8.
What is fann
Fast Artificial Neural Network (FANN) Library is written in ANSI C. The library implements multilayer feedforward ANNs, up to 150 times faster than other libraries. FANN supports execution in fixed point, for fast execution on systems like the iPAQ.
We can use yum or dnf to install fann on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fann.
Install fann 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 fann using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fann
Install fann 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 fann using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fann
How To Uninstall fann on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fann package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fann
fann Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/dad0b714898c997817771b04e0ac79ca2a8604
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/4de98e4abd163dafda5abff6ad1d9ac3afe11c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/2f2ae85c30d5a9f047a5658b9fc8c7776b0cfc
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/d97eec682516b379ad36973d6427913674ebd0
/usr/lib64/libdoublefann.so.2
/usr/lib64/libdoublefann.so.2.2.0
/usr/lib64/libfann.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfann.so.2.2.0
/usr/lib64/libfixedfann.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfixedfann.so.2.2.0
/usr/lib64/libfloatfann.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfloatfann.so.2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/fann
/usr/share/doc/fann/COPYING.txt
/usr/share/doc/fann/README.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fann on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.