How To Install votca-tools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-tools on CentOS 8.
What is votca-tools
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 basic tools library of VOTCA.
We can use yum or dnf to install votca-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install votca-tools.
Install votca-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install votca-tools
Install votca-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install votca-tools
How To Uninstall votca-tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the votca-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove votca-tools
votca-tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/votca_compare
/usr/bin/votca_property
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/5c2f71b0833cc2863a91a0d9d9b1bcdade7acc
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/a3f1052c8f21c5016c228eb214d3cb601b4a2a
/usr/lib64/libvotca_tools.so.6
/usr/share/doc/votca-tools
/usr/share/doc/votca-tools/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/votca-tools/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/votca-tools/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/votca-tools
/usr/share/licenses/votca-tools/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/votca_property.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/votca-tools.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.