How To Install gromacs-mpich on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gromacs-mpich in AlmaLinux 8. gromacs-mpich is GROMACS MPICH binaries and libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gromacs-mpich on AlmaLinux 8.

What is gromacs-mpich

GROMACS is a versatile and extremely well optimized package to perform molecular dynamics computer simulations and subsequent trajectory analysis. It is developed for bio-molecules like proteins, but the extremely high performance means it is used also in several other field like polymer chemistry and solid state physics. mdrun has been compiled with thread parallellization (for running on a single node) and with MPICH (for running on multiple nodes). This package single and double precision binaries and libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install gromacs-mpich on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gromacs-mpich.

Install gromacs-mpich on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gromacs-mpich using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gromacs-mpich

Install gromacs-mpich on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gromacs-mpich using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gromacs-mpich

How To Uninstall gromacs-mpich on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the gromacs-mpich package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gromacs-mpich

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gromacs-mpich on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.