How To Install fftw-libs-single on CentOS 8

fftw-libs-single is FFTW library, single precision FFTW library, single precision

Introduction

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

What is fftw-libs-single

This package contains the FFTW library compiled in single precision. fftw-libs-single 3.3.5 11.el8 x86_64 1.0 M fftw-3.3.5-11.el8.src.rpm appstream FFTW library, single precision http GPLv2+ This package contains the FFTW library compiled in single precision.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fftw-libs-single

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

sudo yum -y install fftw-libs-single

How To Uninstall fftw-libs-single on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fftw-libs-single

fftw-libs-single Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/8b2cfde321c3bbc872530007d98addae0f210e
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/9b59056c6c5e9db6400f18fb1ab86cea78ddf3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/21d5d193ccfe04f5d3da8dd0bfedfd0edca788
/usr/lib/libfftw3f.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3f.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_omp.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_threads.so.3
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYRIGHT
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/2be765b3291baf63fc1059f5017277d03bb0bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/98525d998906ace057ab9d02d4b7e3adb4e933
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/f93eb0d073d635bcc40d80b3788cfc9cec4ac8
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_omp.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_omp.so.3.5.5
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_threads.so.3
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_threads.so.3.5.5
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/README
/usr/share/doc/fftw-libs-single/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fftw-libs-single/COPYRIGHT

References

Summary

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