How To Install fftw2-static on CentOS 8

fftw2-static is Static version of the FFTW library (version 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw2-static on CentOS 8.

What is fftw2-static

This package contains the static linked libraries of the FFTW fast Fourier transform library (version 2).

We can use yum or dnf to install fftw2-static on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fftw2-static.

Install fftw2-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 fftw2-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fftw2-static

Install fftw2-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 fftw2-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fftw2-static

How To Uninstall fftw2-static on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fftw2-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fftw2-static

fftw2-static Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/libfftw.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw_threads.a
/usr/lib64/librfftw.a
/usr/lib64/librfftw_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libsfftw.a
/usr/lib64/libsfftw_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libsrfftw.a
/usr/lib64/libsrfftw_threads.a
/usr/share/licenses/fftw2-static
/usr/share/licenses/fftw2-static/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw2-static on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.