How To Install fftw2-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw2-static on Rocky Linux 8. fftw2-static is Static version of the FFTW library (version 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw2-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `fftw2-static`

This package contains the static linked libraries of the FFTW fast Fourier transform library (version 2).

We can use yum or dnf to install fftw2-static on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fftw2-static.

Install fftw2-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 fftw2-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fftw2-static

Install fftw2-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 fftw2-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fftw2-static

How To Uninstall fftw2-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fftw2-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fftw2-static

fftw2-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/libfftw.a
/usr/lib64/libfftw_threads.a
/usr/lib64/librfftw.a
/usr/lib64/librfftw_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libsfftw.a
/usr/lib64/libsfftw_threads.a
/usr/lib64/libsrfftw.a
/usr/lib64/libsrfftw_threads.a
/usr/share/licenses/fftw2-static
/usr/share/licenses/fftw2-static/COPYING

References

fftw2-static website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw2-static on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.