How To Install bout++-mpich on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bout++-mpich in Fedora 36. bout++-mpich is BOUT++ mpich libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bout++-mpich on Fedora 36.

What is `bout++-mpich`

BOUT++ is a framework for writing fluid and plasma simulations in curvilinear geometry. It is intended to be quite modular, with a variety of numerical methods and time-integration solvers available. BOUT++ is primarily designed and tested with reduced plasma fluid models in mind, but it can evolve any number of equations, with equations appearing in a readable form. This BOUT++ library is build for mpich.

We can use yum or dnf to install bout++-mpich on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bout++-mpich.

Install bout++-mpich on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bout++-mpich using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bout++-mpich

Install bout++-mpich on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bout++-mpich using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bout++-mpich

How To Uninstall bout++-mpich on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bout++-mpich package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bout++-mpich

bout++-mpich Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/d175e084321d08224199bcaeb4f9b425dcbfc6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/1ecf49be10e6977703e08973c282c2cc44e9b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/ce27d6776e52ce1e2d7b7c0d7d9b2455d45e08
/usr/lib64/mpich/bin/bout-config
/usr/lib64/mpich/bin/bout-log-color
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libbout++.so.4.4.0
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libpvode.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libpvpre.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/bout++-mpich
/usr/share/doc/bout++-mpich/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/bout++-mpich/CITATION.bib
/usr/share/doc/bout++-mpich/CITATION.cff
/usr/share/doc/bout++-mpich/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/bout++-mpich/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bout++-mpich
/usr/share/licenses/bout++-mpich/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/bout++-mpich/LICENSE.GPL
/usr/share/modulefiles/bout++/mpich-x86_64

References

bout++-mpich website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bout++-mpich on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).