How To Install fftw-static on CentOS 8

fftw-static is Static versions of the FFTW libraries Static versions of the FFTW libraries

Introduction

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

What is fftw-static

The fftw-static package contains the statically linkable version of the FFTW fast Fourier transform library. fftw-static 3.3.5 11.el8 x86_64 2.8 M fftw-3.3.5-11.el8.src.rpm appstream Static versions of the FFTW libraries http GPLv2+ The fftw-static package contains the statically linkable version of the FFTW fast Fourier transform library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fftw-static

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

sudo yum -y install fftw-static

How To Uninstall fftw-static on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fftw-static

fftw-static Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/libfftw3.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3_threads.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3f.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_threads.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3l.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3l_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3l_threads.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3q.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3l.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3l_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3l_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_threads.a

References

Summary

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