How To Install volk on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install volk in Fedora 36. volk is The Vector Optimized Library of Kernels

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install volk on Fedora 36.

What is volk

VOLK is the Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels. It is a library that contains kernels of hand-written SIMD code for different mathematical operations. Since each SIMD architecture can be very different and no compiler has yet come along to handle vectorization properly or highly efficiently, VOLK approaches the problem differently. VOLK is a sub-project of GNU Radio.

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

Install volk 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 volk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install volk

Install volk 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 volk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install volk

How To Uninstall volk on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove volk

volk Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/volk-config-info
/usr/bin/volk_modtool
/usr/bin/volk_profile
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/09a358d1ce67e18a39f2b17ab317727fcbecc9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/2b94fe71497b9e6b6957dff79c8ae4ca3e5435
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/fefbd321fe5f42b29e31d2d743cddef5d62916
/usr/lib/libvolk.so.2.5
/usr/lib/libvolk.so.2.5.0
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/cfg.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/cfg.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/volk_modtool_generate.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/volk_modtool_generate.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/cfg.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/cfg.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/cfg.pyo
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/volk_modtool_generate.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/volk_modtool_generate.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/volk_modtool_generate.pyo
/usr/share/doc/volk
/usr/share/doc/volk/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/volk/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/volk
/usr/share/licenses/volk/COPYING

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install volk on Fedora 36.

What is volk

VOLK is the Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels. It is a library that contains kernels of hand-written SIMD code for different mathematical operations. Since each SIMD architecture can be very different and no compiler has yet come along to handle vectorization properly or highly efficiently, VOLK approaches the problem differently. VOLK is a sub-project of GNU Radio.

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

Install volk 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 volk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install volk

Install volk 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 volk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install volk

How To Uninstall volk on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove volk

volk Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/volk-config-info
/usr/bin/volk_modtool
/usr/bin/volk_profile
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/9547ec7f7fa7d29a50a531d2fca46ad2c8bc3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/d6d7b39de084c857f0a93fe5364ec90e835c22
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/eabd610fb0f61b6eadb608aabb2d2657a1b308
/usr/lib64/libvolk.so.2.5
/usr/lib64/libvolk.so.2.5.0
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/cfg.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/cfg.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/volk_modtool_generate.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/__pycache__/volk_modtool_generate.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/cfg.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/cfg.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/cfg.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/volk_modtool_generate.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/volk_modtool_generate.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/volk_modtool/volk_modtool_generate.pyo
/usr/share/doc/volk
/usr/share/doc/volk/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/volk/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/volk
/usr/share/licenses/volk/COPYING

References

Summary

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