How To Install boost169-openmpi-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-openmpi-devel on CentOS 7. boost169-openmpi-devel is Shared library symbolic links for Boost.MPI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-openmpi-devel on CentOS 7.

What is boost169-openmpi-devel

Devel package 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 boost169-openmpi-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-openmpi-devel.

Install boost169-openmpi-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install boost169-openmpi-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-openmpi-devel

Install boost169-openmpi-devel 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 boost169-openmpi-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-openmpi-devel

How To Uninstall boost169-openmpi-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-openmpi-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-openmpi-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.