How To Install fftw-libs on CentOS 8

fftw-libs is FFTW run-time library FFTW run-time library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs on CentOS 8.

What is fftw-libs

This is a dummy package package, pulling in the individual FFTW run-time libraries. fftw-libs 3.3.5 11.el8 x86_64 15 k fftw-3.3.5-11.el8.src.rpm appstream FFTW run-time library http GPLv2+ This is a dummy package package, pulling in the individual FFTW run-time libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install fftw-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fftw-libs.

Install fftw-libs 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 fftw-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fftw-libs

Install fftw-libs 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 fftw-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fftw-libs

How To Uninstall fftw-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fftw-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fftw-libs

fftw-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.