How To Install elk on Fedora 34

elk is An all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave code

Introduction

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

What is `elk`

An all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave (FP-LAPW) code with many advanced features. Written originally at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz as a milestone of the EXCITING EU Research and Training Network, the code is designed to be as simple as possible so that new developments in the field of density functional theory (DFT) can be added quickly and reliably.

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

Install elk 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 elk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elk

Install elk 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 elk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elk

How To Uninstall elk on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove elk

elk Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/elk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/ff591452378421b452d8694043001ef8c50350
/usr/bin/elk
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/f2b81ca028e57548c9cac0fabf9a036dbd0636

References

elk website

Summary

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