How To Install ptscotch-mpich-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptscotch-mpich-devel on CentOS 7. ptscotch-mpich-devel is Development libraries for PT-Scotch (mpich)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptscotch-mpich-devel on CentOS 7.

What is ptscotch-mpich-devel

This package contains development libraries for PT-Scotch, compiled against mpich.

We can use yum or dnf to install ptscotch-mpich-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ptscotch-mpich-devel.

Install ptscotch-mpich-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ptscotch-mpich-devel

Install ptscotch-mpich-devel 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 ptscotch-mpich-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ptscotch-mpich-devel

How To Uninstall ptscotch-mpich-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ptscotch-mpich-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptscotch-mpich-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.