How To Install elk-mpich on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elk-mpich on Rocky Linux 8.
What is elk-mpich
An all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave (FP-LAPW) code with many advanced features. Written originally at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz as a milestone of the EXCITING EU Research and Training Network, the code is designed to be as simple as possible so that new developments in the field of density functional theory (DFT) can be added quickly and reliably. This package contains the mpich version.
We can use yum or dnf to install elk-mpich on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elk-mpich.
Install elk-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 elk-mpich using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install elk-mpich
Install elk-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 elk-mpich using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install elk-mpich
How To Uninstall elk-mpich on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the elk-mpich package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove elk-mpich
elk-mpich Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/0c228f1be9930d4524328210fc5e74c21f94d9
/usr/lib64/mpich/bin/elk_mpich
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elk-mpich on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.