How To Install lmfit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmfit on Rocky Linux 8. lmfit is Levenberg-Marquardt least-squares minimization and curve fitting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmfit on Rocky Linux 8.

What is lmfit

C/C++ library for Levenberg-Marquardt least-squares minimization and curve fitting

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

Install lmfit on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install lmfit

Install lmfit on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install lmfit

How To Uninstall lmfit on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lmfit

lmfit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/97dda7e4cbe67a96a0332db255f010bbbbcc51
/usr/lib64/liblmfit.so.8
/usr/lib64/liblmfit.so.8.2.2
/usr/share/doc/lmfit
/usr/share/doc/lmfit/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/lmfit/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmfit on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.