How To Install blas on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install blas in AlmaLinux 8. blas is The Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blas on AlmaLinux 8.

What is blas

BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) is a standard library which provides a number of basic algorithms for numerical algebra.

We can use yum or dnf to install blas on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install blas.

Install blas on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install blas using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install blas

Install blas on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install blas using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install blas

How To Uninstall blas on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove blas

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install blas on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.