How To Install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 8.
What is root-montecarlo-pythia8
This package contains the Pythia version 8 plug-in for ROOT. This package provide the ROOT user with transparent interface to the Pythia (version 8) event generators for hadronic interactions. If the term “hadronic” does not ring any bells, this package is not for you.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-montecarlo-pythia8.
Install root-montecarlo-pythia8 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-montecarlo-pythia8 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-montecarlo-pythia8
Install root-montecarlo-pythia8 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-montecarlo-pythia8 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-montecarlo-pythia8
How To Uninstall root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the root-montecarlo-pythia8 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-montecarlo-pythia8
root-montecarlo-pythia8 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/root/TPythia8.h
/usr/include/root/TPythia8Decayer.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/c01afc5c237d008dd4ddb2febb23308a9a623d
/usr/lib64/root/libEGPythia8.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libEGPythia8.so
/usr/lib64/root/libEGPythia8.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libEGPythia8.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libEGPythia8_rdict.pcm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.