How To Install root-genetic on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-genetic on CentOS 8.
What is root-genetic
This package contains a genetic minimizer module for ROOT.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-genetic on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-genetic.
Install root-genetic 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 root-genetic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-genetic
Install root-genetic 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 root-genetic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-genetic
How To Uninstall root-genetic on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the root-genetic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-genetic
root-genetic Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/root/Math/GeneticMinimizer.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/a5fd69c1837ac4dcb554fc1a7fb7ac3c4b0805
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/ROOT@@Math@@Minimizer/P080_GeneticMinimizer.C
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-genetic on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.