How To Install fftw-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs on Rocky Linux 8. fftw-libs is FFTW run-time library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is fftw-libs

This is a dummy package package, pulling in the individual FFTW run-time libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install fftw-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fftw-libs.

Install fftw-libs 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 fftw-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fftw-libs

Install fftw-libs 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 fftw-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fftw-libs

How To Uninstall fftw-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fftw-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fftw-libs

fftw-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.