How To Install mvapich2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mvapich2 on CentOS 8.
What is mvapich2
MVAPICH2 is a Message Passing Interface (MPI 3.0) implementation based on MPICH and developed by Ohio State University. MVAPICH2 is a Message Passing Interface (MPI 3.0) implementation based on MPICH and developed by Ohio State University.
We can use yum or dnf to install mvapich2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mvapich2.
Install mvapich2 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mvapich2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mvapich2
Install mvapich2 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 mvapich2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mvapich2
How To Uninstall mvapich2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mvapich2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mvapich2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mvapich2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.