How To Install petsc-devel on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc-devel in AlmaLinux 8. petsc-devel is Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation (developer files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc-devel on AlmaLinux 8.

What is petsc-devel

Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation (developer files).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install petsc-devel

Install petsc-devel 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 petsc-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install petsc-devel

How To Uninstall petsc-devel on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove petsc-devel

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Summary

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