How To Install SuperLU on CentOS 8

SuperLU is Subroutines to solve sparse linear systems Subroutines to solve sparse linear systems

Introduction

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

What is SuperLU

SuperLU contains a set of subroutines to solve a sparse linear system AX=B. It uses Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting (GEPP). The columns of A may be preordered before factorization; the preordering for sparsity is completely separate from the factorization. SuperLU 5.2.0 7.el8 x86_64 191 k SuperLU-5.2.0-7.el8.src.rpm powertools Subroutines to solve sparse linear systems http BSD and GPLV2+ SuperLU contains a set of subroutines to solve a sparse linear system AX=B. It uses Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting (GEPP). The columns of A may be preordered before factorization; the preordering for sparsity is completely separate from the factorization.

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

Install SuperLU 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 SuperLU using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SuperLU

Install SuperLU 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 SuperLU using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SuperLU

How To Uninstall SuperLU on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove SuperLU

SuperLU Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/f232c1d1eab09aab0267bf990a754cc4e4ca30
/usr/lib/libsuperlu.so.5.1
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU/README
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU/License.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/8801bc8d08317d8fbaaaaa6649c98c22182d57
/usr/lib64/libsuperlu.so.5.1
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU
/usr/share/doc/SuperLU/README
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU
/usr/share/licenses/SuperLU/License.txt

References

Summary

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