How To Install votca-csg-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-csg-libs on CentOS 8.
What is votca-csg-libs
Versatile Object-oriented Toolkit for Coarse-graining Applications (VOTCA) is a package intended to reduce the amount of routine work when doing systematic coarse-graining of various systems. The core is written in C++. This package contains libraries for the VOTCA coarse-graining engine.
We can use yum or dnf to install votca-csg-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install votca-csg-libs.
Install votca-csg-libs 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 votca-csg-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install votca-csg-libs
Install votca-csg-libs 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 votca-csg-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install votca-csg-libs
How To Uninstall votca-csg-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the votca-csg-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove votca-csg-libs
votca-csg-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/a9ba1de5fca70564f36dfb3a3b1ca0bcbddfe5
/usr/lib64/libvotca_csg.so.6
/usr/share/licenses/votca-csg-libs
/usr/share/licenses/votca-csg-libs/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-csg-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.