How To Install dl_poly-common on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dl_poly-common on CentOS 7. dl_poly-common is General purpose classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulation -

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dl_poly-common on CentOS 7.

What is dl_poly-common

Common files for dl_poly. This package contains, principally the “utility” source and data files.

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

Install dl_poly-common on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install dl_poly-common

Install dl_poly-common 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 dl_poly-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dl_poly-common

How To Uninstall dl_poly-common on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dl_poly-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dl_poly-common

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Summary

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