How To Install exciting-mpich on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exciting-mpich on CentOS 7.
What is exciting-mpich
exciting is a full-potential all-electron density-functional-theory (DFT) package implementing the families of linearized augmented planewave (LAPW) methods. It can be applied to all kinds of materials, irrespective of the atomic species involved, and also allows for exploring the physics of core electrons. A particular focus are excited states within many-body perturbation theory (MBPT). This package contains the mpich version.
We can use yum or dnf to install exciting-mpich on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exciting-mpich.
Install exciting-mpich on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install exciting-mpich using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install exciting-mpich
Install exciting-mpich 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 exciting-mpich using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install exciting-mpich
How To Uninstall exciting-mpich on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the exciting-mpich package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove exciting-mpich
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exciting-mpich on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
