How To Install boost169-mpich on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich on Rocky Linux 8. boost169-mpich is Run-time component of Boost.MPI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `boost169-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 boost169-mpich on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-mpich.

Install boost169-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 boost169-mpich using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-mpich

Install boost169-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 boost169-mpich using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-mpich

How To Uninstall boost169-mpich on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the boost169-mpich package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost169-mpich

boost169-mpich Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/2b568045c71b42879ba625da3513175893e443
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/6022391c422e7feb7afca9cd1c1767dff6e6a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/c493d9e208f5ce28e088f6e0435b2d427b951f
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi_python27.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi_python36.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost169-mpich website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.