How To Install libcint on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcint on CentOS 7. libcint is General Gaussian-type orbitals integrals for quantum chemistry

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcint on CentOS 7.

What is libcint

libcint is an open source library for analytical Gaussian integrals. It provides C/Fortran API to evaluate one-electron / two-electron integrals for Cartesian / real-spherical / spinor Gaussian type functions.

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

Install libcint on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libcint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcint

Install libcint 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 libcint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcint

How To Uninstall libcint on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libcint

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Summary

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