How To Install petsc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc on CentOS 7.
What is petsc
PETSc, pronounced PET-see (the S is silent), is a suite of data structures and routines for the scalable (parallel) solution of scientific applications modeled by partial differential equations.
We can use yum or dnf to install petsc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install petsc.
Install petsc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install petsc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install petsc
Install petsc 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 petsc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install petsc
How To Uninstall petsc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the petsc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove petsc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
