How To Install root-mlp on CentOS 8

root-mlp is Multi-layer perceptron extension for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-mlp on CentOS 8.

What is `root-mlp`

This package contains the mlp library for ROOT. This library provides a multi-layer perceptron neural network package for ROOT.

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

Install root-mlp 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-mlp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-mlp

Install root-mlp 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-mlp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-mlp

How To Uninstall root-mlp on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the root-mlp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-mlp

root-mlp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/root/TMLPAnalyzer.h
/usr/include/root/TMultiLayerPerceptron.h
/usr/include/root/TNeuron.h
/usr/include/root/TSynapse.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/8d21026cd13079eb58e98fecf7c62c0b27c187
/usr/lib64/root/libMLP.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libMLP.so
/usr/lib64/root/libMLP.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libMLP.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libMLP_rdict.pcm

References

root-mlp website

Summary

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