How To Install mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8. mpitests-mpich is MPI tests package compiled against mpich

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8.

What is mpitests-mpich

MPI test suite compiled against the mpich package

We can use yum or dnf to install mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mpitests-mpich.

Install mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install mpitests-mpich

Install mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8 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 mpitests-mpich using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mpitests-mpich

How To Uninstall mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mpitests-mpich package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mpitests-mpich

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpitests-mpich on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.