How To Install kokkos on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kokkos in AlmaLinux 8. kokkos is Kokkos C++ Performance Portability Programming

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kokkos on AlmaLinux 8.

What is kokkos

Kokkos Core implements a programming model in C++ for writing performance portable applications targeting all major HPC platforms. For that purpose it provides abstractions for both parallel execution of code and data management. Kokkos is designed to target complex node architectures with N-level memory hierarchies and multiple types of execution resources. It currently can use OpenMP, Pthreads and CUDA as backend programming models.

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

Install kokkos 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 kokkos using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kokkos

Install kokkos 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 kokkos using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kokkos

How To Uninstall kokkos on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the kokkos package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kokkos

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Summary

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