How To Install ColPack on Fedora 34

ColPack is Algorithms for specialized vertex coloring problems Algorithms for specialized vertex coloring problems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ColPack on Fedora 34.

What is `ColPack`

ColPack is a package comprising of implementation of algorithms for specialized vertex coloring problems that arise in sparse derivative computation. It is written in an object-oriented fashion heavily using the Standard Template Library (STL). It is designed to be simple, modular, extendable and efficient. ColPack 1.0.10 14.fc34 x86_64 308 k ColPack-1.0.10-14.fc34.src.rpm fedora Algorithms for specialized vertex coloring problems http LGPLv3+ ColPack is a package comprising of implementation of algorithms for specialized vertex coloring problems that arise in sparse derivative computation. It is written in an object-oriented fashion heavily using the Standard Template Library (STL). It is designed to be simple, modular, extendable and efficient.

We can use yum or dnf to install ColPack on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ColPack.

Install ColPack on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ColPack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ColPack

Install ColPack on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ColPack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ColPack

How To Uninstall ColPack on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the ColPack package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ColPack

ColPack Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/1f481a156623d67e44a72162c55823beab8e37
/usr/lib64/libColPack.so.0
/usr/lib64/libColPack.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ColPack
/usr/share/doc/ColPack/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ColPack
/usr/share/licenses/ColPack/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ColPack/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/892d52e463793a02773d8ebb42a6dd7e4defff
/usr/lib/libColPack.so.0
/usr/lib/libColPack.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ColPack
/usr/share/doc/ColPack/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ColPack
/usr/share/licenses/ColPack/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ColPack/COPYING.LESSER

References

[ColPack website](http://cscapes.cs.purdue.edu http://cscapes.cs.purdue.edu)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ColPack on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.