How To Install compat-openmpi16 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openmpi16 on CentOS 7. compat-openmpi16 is Open MPI 1.6 compat library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openmpi16 on CentOS 7.

What is compat-openmpi16

Open MPI is an open source, freely available implementation of both the MPI-1 and MPI-2 standards, combining technologies and resources from several other projects (FT-MPI, LA-MPI, LAM/MPI, and PACX-MPI) in order to build the best MPI library available. A completely new MPI-2 compliant implementation, Open MPI offers advantages for system and software vendors, application developers, and computer science researchers. For more information, see http This package provides compatibility for applications compiled with Open MPI version 1.6. Open MPI is an open source, freely available implementation of both the MPI-1 and MPI-2 standards, combining technologies and resources from several other projects (FT-MPI, LA-MPI, LAM/MPI, and PACX-MPI) in order to build the best MPI library available. A completely new MPI-2 compliant implementation, Open MPI offers advantages for system and software vendors, application developers, and computer science researchers. For more information, see http This package provides compatibility for applications compiled with Open MPI version 1.6.

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-openmpi16 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-openmpi16.

Install compat-openmpi16 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-openmpi16 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-openmpi16

Install compat-openmpi16 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 compat-openmpi16 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-openmpi16

How To Uninstall compat-openmpi16 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the compat-openmpi16 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-openmpi16

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openmpi16 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.