How To Install m4rie on Fedora 34

m4rie is Linear Algebra over F_2^e Linear Algebra over F_2^e

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install m4rie on Fedora 34.

What is `m4rie`

M4RIE is a library for fast arithmetic with dense matrices over F_2^e. It is an add-on to the M4RI library, which implements fast arithmetic with dense matrices over F_2. M4RIE is used by the Sage mathematics software. m4rie 20200125 4.fc34 x86_64 151 k m4rie-20200125-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora Linear Algebra over F_2^e https GPLv2+ M4RIE is a library for fast arithmetic with dense matrices over F_2^e. It is an add-on to the M4RI library, which implements fast arithmetic with dense matrices over F_2. M4RIE is used by the Sage mathematics software.

We can use yum or dnf to install m4rie on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install m4rie.

Install m4rie 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 m4rie using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install m4rie

Install m4rie 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 m4rie using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install m4rie

How To Uninstall m4rie on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the m4rie package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove m4rie

m4rie Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/2bfee5bfd1ed6dbc72bb3f49162ef99c95799a
/usr/lib/libm4rie-0.0.20200125.so
/usr/share/licenses/m4rie
/usr/share/licenses/m4rie/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/324575d6c59ee38a82a649cc81de7bbdedb055
/usr/lib64/libm4rie-0.0.20200125.so
/usr/share/licenses/m4rie
/usr/share/licenses/m4rie/COPYING

References

[m4rie website](https://bitbucket.org/malb/m4rie https://bitbucket.org/malb/m4rie)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install m4rie on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.