How To Install paraview-mpich on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install paraview-mpich in AlmaLinux 8. paraview-mpich is Parallel visualization application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paraview-mpich on AlmaLinux 8.

What is paraview-mpich

This package contains copies of the ParaView server binaries compiled with mpich. These are named pvserver_mpich, pvbatch_mpich, etc. You will need to load the mpich-x86_64 module to setup your path properly.

We can use yum or dnf to install paraview-mpich on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install paraview-mpich.

Install paraview-mpich on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install paraview-mpich using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install paraview-mpich

Install paraview-mpich on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install paraview-mpich

How To Uninstall paraview-mpich on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the paraview-mpich package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove paraview-mpich

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install paraview-mpich on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.