How To Install boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8. boost-mpich is Run-time component of Boost.MPI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `boost-mpich`

Run-time support for Boost.MPI-MPICH, a library providing a clean C++ API over the MPICH implementation of MPI.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-mpich.

Install boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-mpich

Install boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install boost-mpich

How To Uninstall boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-mpich

boost-mpich Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/6e26ae5c6bdf618bb18078cd4d8b29009033f3
/usr/lib/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/5a2a451f67591a0eb106db0029a2fbe6033cf4
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich
/usr/share/licenses/boost-mpich/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-mpich website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-mpich on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.