How To Install petsc64 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc64 on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install petsc64.
Install petsc64 on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the petsc64 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove petsc64
petsc64 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/9ee70dda6f7c1c7016d3cf015ae5292ae4a0a5
/usr/lib64/libpetsc64.so.3.11
/usr/lib64/libpetsc64.so.3.11.3
/usr/share/licenses/petsc64
/usr/share/licenses/petsc64/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install petsc64 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.