How To Install blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7. blacs-mpich-static is Static libraries for blacs (mpich)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7.

What is blacs-mpich-static

This package contains static libraries for blacs, compiled against mpich.

We can use yum or dnf to install blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install blacs-mpich-static.

Install blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install blacs-mpich-static

Install blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install blacs-mpich-static

How To Uninstall blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the blacs-mpich-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove blacs-mpich-static

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install blacs-mpich-static on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.