How To Install fftw-libs-quad on CentOS 8

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Introduction

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

What is fftw-libs-quad

This package contains the FFTW library compiled in quadruple precision. fftw-libs-quad 3.3.5 11.el8 x86_64 811 k fftw-3.3.5-11.el8.src.rpm appstream FFTW library, quadruple http GPLv2+ This package contains the FFTW library compiled in quadruple precision.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fftw-libs-quad

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

sudo yum -y install fftw-libs-quad

How To Uninstall fftw-libs-quad on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fftw-libs-quad

fftw-libs-quad Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/efcae8776749d45963ff877bef42c1672d3430
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/b3f983758b019bb391ee568697e71e063769b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/5a7151f990a722d38eddc0a158c6f36e7fab9e
/usr/lib/libfftw3q.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3q.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_omp.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_threads.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/183a4aeab80069834a1eef27168d93d52c081b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/8feb353d2b54d32238f3e786278c89e86f112a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/c19a9f31ce1e987af65c0628728e5c993c8013
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_omp.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_threads.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-quad/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-quad/COPYRIGHT

References

Summary

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