How To Install fftw-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw-static on Rocky Linux 8. fftw-static is Static versions of the FFTW libraries

Introduction

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

What is fftw-static

The fftw-static package contains the statically linkable version of the FFTW fast Fourier transform library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fftw-static

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

sudo yum -y install fftw-static

How To Uninstall fftw-static on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove fftw-static

fftw-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/libfftw3.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3_threads.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3f.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3f_threads.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3l.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3l_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3l_threads.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3q.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_omp.a
/usr/lib/libfftw3q_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3f_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3l.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3l_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3l_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_omp.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw3q_threads.a

References

Summary

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