How To Install combblas-openmpi on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install combblas-openmpi in AlmaLinux 8. combblas-openmpi is The Combinatorial BLAS Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install combblas-openmpi on AlmaLinux 8.

What is combblas-openmpi

The Combinatorial BLAS (CombBLAS) is an extensible distributed-memory parallel graph library offering a small but powerful set of linear algebra primitives specifically targeting graph analytics. This is the OpenMPI version.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install combblas-openmpi

Install combblas-openmpi 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 combblas-openmpi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install combblas-openmpi

How To Uninstall combblas-openmpi on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove combblas-openmpi

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Summary

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