How To Install petsc64 on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc64 in AlmaLinux 8. petsc64 is Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation (64bit INTEGER)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc64 on AlmaLinux 8.

What is petsc64

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 (64bit INTEGER).

We can use yum or dnf to install petsc64 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install petsc64.

Install petsc64 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 petsc64 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install petsc64

Install petsc64 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 petsc64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install petsc64

How To Uninstall petsc64 on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the petsc64 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove petsc64

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc64 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.