How To Install libxc-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxc-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libxc-devel
libxc is a library of exchange and correlation functionals. Its purpose is to be used in codes that implement density-functional theory. For the moment, the library includes most of the local density approximations (LDAs), generalized density approximation (GGAs), and meta-GGAs. The library provides values for the energy density and its 1st, 2nd, and (for the LDAs) 3rd derivatives. This package contains the development headers and library that are necessary in order to compile programs against libxc.
We can use yum or dnf to install libxc-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxc-devel.
Install libxc-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 libxc-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libxc-devel
Install libxc-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 libxc-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libxc-devel
How To Uninstall libxc-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libxc-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libxc-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxc-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
