How To Install scalasca on CentOS 8

scalasca is Toolset for performance analysis of large-scale parallel applications

Introduction

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

What is scalasca

Scalasca is a software tool that supports the performance optimization of parallel programs by measuring and analyzing their runtime behavior. The analysis identifies potential performance bottlenecks – in particular those concerning communication and synchronization – and offers guidance in exploring their causes. Scalasca targets mainly scientific and engineering applications based on the programming interfaces MPI and OpenMP, including hybrid applications based on a combination of the two. The tool has been specifically designed for use on large-scale systems, but is also well suited for small- and medium-scale HPC platforms.

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

Install scalasca 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 scalasca using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scalasca

Install scalasca 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 scalasca using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scalasca

How To Uninstall scalasca on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove scalasca

scalasca Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/scalasca
/usr/bin/scan
/usr/bin/scarlet
/usr/bin/scout.omp
/usr/bin/scout.ser
/usr/bin/skin
/usr/bin/square
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/0ca8c31972af7475870915739e8ae79545a5bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/bac2e9cea2c2aaf008bdb8c121fc1829f7c214
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/327eef226b89b96499edcfd0c3e3d49c32f524
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/69ab2003a733aaef1e4174f3f47b44bde6400b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/4d99ce5d30ba722d3f59c7b07ce71217ae8a22
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/a8e049a7bb6c0af3900ce8e2f02dae2bf2986f
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/7182beec4d09fda40e2aaa967a8e59bdd5f89a
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/541615bf4a591b8b88b4322abf71440a43f1b3
/usr/lib64/libpearl.base.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.base.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.ipc.mockup.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.ipc.mockup.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.replay.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.replay.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.thread.omp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.thread.omp.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.thread.ser.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpearl.thread.ser.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/scalasca
/usr/share/doc/scalasca/README
/usr/share/licenses/scalasca
/usr/share/licenses/scalasca/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/scalasca.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scout.hyb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scout.mpi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scout.omp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scout.ser.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/square.1.gz
/usr/share/scalasca
/usr/share/scalasca/scalasca.summary
/usr/share/scalasca/scout.spec
/usr/share/scalasca/scout_pre44.spec

References

Summary

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