How To Install efpmd on Fedora 34

efpmd is A molecular simulation program based on LIBEFP

Introduction

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

What is `efpmd`

EFPMD is a molecular simulation program based on LIBEFP. It supports single point energy and gradient calculations, semi-numerical Hessian and normal mode analysis, geometry optimization, molecular dynamics simulations in microcanonical (NVE), canonical (NVT), and isobaric-isothermal (NPT) ensembles.

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

Install efpmd 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 efpmd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install efpmd

Install efpmd 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 efpmd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install efpmd

How To Uninstall efpmd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove efpmd

efpmd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/efpmd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/6ec5088f027a2e2f434e8f4d17b70f5a780d65

References

efpmd website

Summary

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