How To Install metis-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis-devel on Rocky Linux 8. metis-devel is The OpenMP Metis headers and development-related files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is metis-devel

Header and library files of Metis, OpenMP version.

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

Install metis-devel 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 metis-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install metis-devel

Install metis-devel 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 metis-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install metis-devel

How To Uninstall metis-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove metis-devel

metis-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/metis.h
/usr/lib/libmetis.so
/usr/include/metis.h
/usr/lib64/libmetis.so

References

Summary

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