How To Install xblas on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is `xblas`

The XBLAS library of routines is part of a reference implementation for the Dense and Banded Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines, along with their Extended and Mixed Precision versions, as documented in Chapters 2 and 4 of the new BLAS Standard. xblas 1.0.248 23.fc34 x86_64 1.3 M xblas-1.0.248-23.fc34.src.rpm fedora Extra Precise Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines http BSD The XBLAS library of routines is part of a reference implementation for the Dense and Banded Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines, along with their Extended and Mixed Precision versions, as documented in Chapters 2 and 4 of the new BLAS Standard.

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

Install xblas 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 xblas using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xblas

Install xblas 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 xblas using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xblas

How To Uninstall xblas on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xblas

xblas Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/e1d94526ced9ac249e57a82b8eb6d35d22f48c
/usr/lib/libxblas.so.1
/usr/lib/libxblas.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xblas
/usr/share/doc/xblas/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/xblas/report.ps
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/7b48786df859db340a9086dda915c054085780
/usr/lib64/libxblas.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxblas.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/xblas
/usr/share/doc/xblas/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/xblas/report.ps

References

[xblas website](http://www.netlib.org/xblas http://www.netlib.org/xblas)

Summary

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