How To Install votca-xtp-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-xtp-libs on CentOS 8.
What is votca-xtp-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 excitation and charge properties module of VOTCA package.
We can use yum or dnf to install votca-xtp-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install votca-xtp-libs.
Install votca-xtp-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-xtp-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install votca-xtp-libs
Install votca-xtp-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-xtp-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install votca-xtp-libs
How To Uninstall votca-xtp-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the votca-xtp-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove votca-xtp-libs
votca-xtp-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/6accee92b7c856b8537d245df26e9ae524b9ed
/usr/lib64/libvotca_xtp.so.6
/usr/share/licenses/votca-xtp-libs
/usr/share/licenses/votca-xtp-libs/LICENSE.md
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-xtp-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.