How To Install openmpi-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install openmpi-devel on CentOS 7. openmpi-devel is Development files for openmpi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openmpi-devel on CentOS 7.

What is openmpi-devel

Contains development headers and libraries for openmpi Contains development headers and libraries for openmpi

We can use yum or dnf to install openmpi-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openmpi-devel.

Install openmpi-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install openmpi-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install openmpi-devel

How To Uninstall openmpi-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove openmpi-devel

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Summary

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