How To Install rmol on CentOS 8

rmol is C++ library of Revenue Management and Optimisation classes and functions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rmol on CentOS 8.

What is rmol

rmol is a C++ library of Revenue Management and Optimisation classes and functions. Typically, that library may be used by service providers (e.g., airlines offering flight seats, hotels offering rooms, rental car companies offering rental days, broadcasting company offering advertisement slots, theaters offering seats, etc.) to help in optimizing their revenues from seat capacities. Most of the algorithms implemented are public and documented in the following book The Theory and practice of Revenue Management, by Kalyan T. Talluri and Garrett J. van Ryzin, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, ISBN 1-4020-7701-7 rmol makes an extensive use of existing open-source libraries for increased functionality, speed and accuracy. In particular the Boost (C++ Standard Extensions Install the rmol package if you need a library of basic C++ objects for Airline Revenue Management (RM), mainly for simulation purpose.

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

Install rmol 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 rmol using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rmol

Install rmol 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 rmol using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rmol

How To Uninstall rmol on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rmol package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rmol

rmol Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/rmol
/usr/bin/rmol_extractBPC
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/40f22098be083516eda074f49a2af0844f7bad
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/a2ca81ba8e8986af5216e70ac1ceda555f8c52
/usr/lib64/librmol.so.1.00
/usr/lib64/librmol.so.1.00.3
/usr/share/doc/rmol
/usr/share/doc/rmol/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rmol/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rmol/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/rmol/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rmol/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/rmol.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rmol_extractBPC.1.gz

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Summary

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