How To Install openmx-mpich on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmx-mpich on CentOS 7.
What is openmx-mpich
OpenMX (Open source package for Material eXplorer) is a software package for nano-scale material simulations based on density functional theories (DFT), norm-conserving pseudopotentials, and pseudo-atomic localized basis functions. This package contains the mpich version.
We can use yum or dnf to install openmx-mpich on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openmx-mpich.
Install openmx-mpich on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install openmx-mpich using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openmx-mpich
Install openmx-mpich 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 openmx-mpich using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openmx-mpich
How To Uninstall openmx-mpich on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the openmx-mpich package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openmx-mpich
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmx-mpich on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
