How To Install mvapich23 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mvapich23 on CentOS 7. mvapich23 is OSU MVAPICH2 MPI package 2.3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mvapich23 on CentOS 7.

What is mvapich23

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 mvapich23 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mvapich23.

Install mvapich23 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mvapich23 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mvapich23

Install mvapich23 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 mvapich23 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mvapich23

How To Uninstall mvapich23 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mvapich23 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mvapich23

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mvapich23 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.