How To Install boost-openmpi on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-openmpi on CentOS 7.

What is boost-openmpi

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

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

Install boost-openmpi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install boost-openmpi

Install boost-openmpi 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 boost-openmpi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-openmpi

How To Uninstall boost-openmpi on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove boost-openmpi

References

• boost-openmpi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-openmpi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.