How To Install vtk-mpich-qt on CentOS 8

vtk-mpich-qt is Qt bindings for VTK with mpich

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk-mpich-qt on CentOS 8.

What is vtk-mpich-qt

Qt bindings for VTK with mpich.

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

Install vtk-mpich-qt 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 vtk-mpich-qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vtk-mpich-qt

Install vtk-mpich-qt 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 vtk-mpich-qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vtk-mpich-qt

How To Uninstall vtk-mpich-qt on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vtk-mpich-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vtk-mpich-qt

vtk-mpich-qt Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/713a538c1cae8b5ff1cc299dffe2a6ad5b5cd3
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/398868eb8c68686e91d00ecb79805ba9b5e2f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/cce2079ebe02c853b5ae5098b4b10d65aec0aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/c4e2f484e059adb25e98cc283f784cbc93e7f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/adb4313e85b9f8fb8a9e1abfdbe6137c34eaca
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/cc2bb29f2f5fa2fc9a416c1b05cfda91f52cbe
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/96debc30231b40c0f86502ddfb48b5d6e5c970
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/eecd3cd18928f144b20bb4a6ec9bb0032a466e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/16d0cf8bd9ded763d549ffd2713083ed15fdc3
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkGUISupportQt.so.1
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkGUISupportQt.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkGUISupportQtSQL.so.1
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkGUISupportQtSQL.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkRenderingQt.so.1
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkRenderingQt.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkViewsQt.so.1
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libvtkViewsQt.so.9.0.1

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk-mpich-qt on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.