How To Install openblas-threads64_ on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openblas-threads64_ on Rocky Linux 8. openblas-threads64_ is An optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2, pthreads version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openblas-threads64_ on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `openblas-threads64_`

OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version. The project is supported by the Lab of Parallel Software and Computational Science, ISCAS. http This package contains the library compiled with threading support and 64-bit interface and a symbol name suffix.

We can use yum or dnf to install openblas-threads64_ on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openblas-threads64_.

Install openblas-threads64_ 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 openblas-threads64_ using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openblas-threads64_

Install openblas-threads64_ 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 openblas-threads64_ using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openblas-threads64_

How To Uninstall openblas-threads64_ on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openblas-threads64_ package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openblas-threads64_

openblas-threads64_ Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/f6825000fdce2e02ca60a633c217ebe7774204
/usr/lib64/libopenblasp64_-r0.3.12.so
/usr/lib64/libopenblasp64_.so.0

References

openblas-threads64_ website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openblas-threads64_ on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.