How To Install votca-csg on CentOS 8

votca-csg is VOTCA coarse-graining engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-csg on CentOS 8.

What is votca-csg

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 the VOTCA coarse-graining engine.

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

Install votca-csg 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install votca-csg

Install votca-csg 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install votca-csg

How To Uninstall votca-csg on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the votca-csg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove votca-csg

votca-csg Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/csg_boltzmann
/usr/bin/csg_call
/usr/bin/csg_density
/usr/bin/csg_dlptopol
/usr/bin/csg_dump
/usr/bin/csg_fmatch
/usr/bin/csg_gmxtopol
/usr/bin/csg_imc_solve
/usr/bin/csg_inverse
/usr/bin/csg_map
/usr/bin/csg_property
/usr/bin/csg_resample
/usr/bin/csg_reupdate
/usr/bin/csg_stat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/8599a344061d1e23e1c64936a8234e703cb55f
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/3815b4ddd3f1a1e7ec480b440eea247b679a95
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/1585f569484d08070c9f1693aa638ebfdcba59
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/e634bf747df0956da5322183e9b0174a572a43
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/65ef178cd86e86ec5949ab0e77b712a7d8d449
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/2aaece732638fc3f37952329ea4252a833266c
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/b80b523a312e953312b69a03820a75c31bec11
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/607efdb8313cfd9e1e7a8bbfedc6f6dd47c6b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/b8a896526f18659e95f595815d9b38be493910
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/c8437d97b52d1da2f209094a62d63b1a90a115
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/4d763fe65ab27d56dd3e331e376cfbde370adf
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/b8c249e24e9b0a15a1fe429c6a53a1c13df57a
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_boltzmann.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_call.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_density.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_dlptopol.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_fmatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_gmxtopol.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_imc_solve.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_inverse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_map.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_property.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_resample.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_reupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csg_stat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/votca-csg.7.gz

References

Summary

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