How To Install lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7. lhapdf-devel is Les Houches Accord PDF Interface - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7.

What is lhapdf-devel

This package provides development files of LHAPDF, including C++ bindings.

We can use yum or dnf to install lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lhapdf-devel.

Install lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install lhapdf-devel

Install lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install lhapdf-devel

How To Uninstall lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lhapdf-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lhapdf-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lhapdf-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.