How To Install elpa on Fedora 34

elpa is High-performance library for parallel solution of eigenvalue problems High-performance library for parallel solution of eigenvalue problems

Introduction

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

What is elpa

ELPA is a Fortran-based high-performance computational library for the (massively) parallel solution of symmetric or Hermitian, standard or generalized eigenvalue problems. This is the kind of eigenvalue problem which is frequently encountered in Electronic Structure Theory (solution of Schrödinger’s Equation or variants thereof), but also in many other fields. Typically, the solution effort scales as O(size^3), where “size” is a measure of the system size, for example the dimension of the associated matrices or the number of required eigenvalue/eigenvector pairs (less than or equal to the matrix dimension). Thus, an algebraically exact solution of the eigenproblem may quickly become the bottleneck in a practical application. elpa 2021.05.002 1.fc34 x86_64 566 k elpa-2021.05.002-1.fc34.src.rpm updates High-performance library for parallel solution of eigenvalue problems https LGPLv3+ ELPA is a Fortran-based high-performance computational library for the (massively) parallel solution of symmetric or Hermitian, standard or generalized eigenvalue problems. This is the kind of eigenvalue problem which is frequently encountered in Electronic Structure Theory (solution of Schrödinger’s Equation or variants thereof), but also in many other fields. Typically, the solution effort scales as O(size^3), where “size” is a measure of the system size, for example the dimension of the associated matrices or the number of required eigenvalue/eigenvector pairs (less than or equal to the matrix dimension). Thus, an algebraically exact solution of the eigenproblem may quickly become the bottleneck in a practical application.

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

Install elpa 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 elpa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elpa

Install elpa 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 elpa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elpa

How To Uninstall elpa on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove elpa

elpa Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels
/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels_openmp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/8ca5c768e871d5241cbc67d68433853ca0ddfc
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/6a08cfcdcb6207dfe4d315b7755299d3c1280e
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/57693c0f1a1c8602e2445fc3e08b67f8de6834
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/1d983186fdcd139e974ebb30d5b91f703017ea
/usr/lib/libelpa.so.15
/usr/lib/libelpa.so.15.1.2
/usr/lib/libelpa_openmp.so.15
/usr/lib/libelpa_openmp.so.15.1.2
/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels
/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels_openmp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/e229dbc97f2eb276f7b6db0e573b437014b4b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/1ea3b60938734605fb874b996b54e8f55066e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/7ef4816f257cca00ae82b545d9999a0f859bca
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/56f8ced893b260fa18fcd4bc9a1ce6b57a0a94
/usr/lib64/libelpa.so.15
/usr/lib64/libelpa.so.15.0.1
/usr/lib64/libelpa_openmp.so.15
/usr/lib64/libelpa_openmp.so.15.0.1
/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels
/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels_openmp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/3d09e45fe1778ab58f9abe5901d332f6cc747b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/b8bf8e413a26a13cf21bbf12b77bf80463f16f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/fe864e27a42c2e6a3d43d0f2565c42b69c3b04
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/72e2987a946d1e1c6abb59b57e017cf13c357d
/usr/lib64/libelpa.so.15
/usr/lib64/libelpa.so.15.1.2
/usr/lib64/libelpa_openmp.so.15
/usr/lib64/libelpa_openmp.so.15.1.2
/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels
/usr/bin/elpa2_print_kernels_openmp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/24c7ec090316ff1adb34aaad7dce5ea071316f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/02f3fe40e082518f4acdc1f21c7a24cb1dfece
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/03b678d75af7bd644582d09a6220af5e362742
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/6f879b16c0b9827c48e83f119be4b43493317d
/usr/lib/libelpa.so.15
/usr/lib/libelpa.so.15.0.1
/usr/lib/libelpa_openmp.so.15
/usr/lib/libelpa_openmp.so.15.0.1

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Summary

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