How To Install pythia8-data on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-data on Rocky Linux 8. pythia8-data is Pythia 8 Data Files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-data on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pythia8-data`

This package provides XML data files for Pythia 8.

We can use yum or dnf to install pythia8-data on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pythia8-data.

Install pythia8-data 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 pythia8-data using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pythia8-data

Install pythia8-data 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 pythia8-data using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pythia8-data

How To Uninstall pythia8-data on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pythia8-data package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pythia8-data

pythia8-data Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/Pythia8
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/CT14qed_proton_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/EPS09LOR_208
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/GKG18_DPDF_FitA_LO_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/GKG18_DPDF_FitA_NLO_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/GKG18_DPDF_FitB_LO_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/GKG18_DPDF_FitB_NLO_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF23_lo_as_0119_qed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF23_lo_as_0130_qed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF23_nlo_as_0119_qed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF23_nnlo_as_0119_qed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF31_lo_as_0118_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF31_lo_as_0130_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF31_nlo_as_0118_luxqed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF31_nnlo_as_0118_luxqed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF31sx_nlonllx_as_0118_LHCb_luxqed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/NNPDF31sx_nnlonllx_as_0118_LHCb_luxqed_0000.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/ct09mc1.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/ct09mc2.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/ct09mcs.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/cteq6l.tbl
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/cteq6l1.tbl
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/ctq66.00.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/mrstlostar.00.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/mrstlostarstar.00.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/mstw2008lo.00.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/mstw2008nlo.00.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomH1FitA.data
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomH1FitB.data
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomH1FitBlo.data
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomH1Jets.data
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomactwb14.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomactwd14.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomactwd19.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/pdfdata/pomactwsg14.pds
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/AdvancedUsage.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/AlpgenEventInterface.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/BeamParameters.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/BeamRemnants.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/BeamShape.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Bibliography.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/BoseEinsteinEffects.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/CKKWLMerging.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ColourReconnection.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/CompositenessProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/CouplingsAndScales.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/CrossSectionsAndWeights.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/DarkMatterProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/DeuteronProduction.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Diffraction.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/DireExpert.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/DireShowers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/DireWeights.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ElectroweakProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ErrorChecks.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/EventAnalysis.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/EventInformation.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/EventRecord.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/EventStatistics.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ExampleKeywords.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ExternalDecays.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ExtraDimensionalProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/FlavourSelection.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/FourVectors.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/FourthGenerationProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Fragmentation.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Frontpage.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/GettingStarted.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Glossary.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HadronLevelStandalone.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HadronVertexInformation.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HadronWidths.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HadronWidths.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HadronicRescattering.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HeavyIons.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HelacOniaProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HepMCInterface.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HiddenValleyProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/HiggsProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Histograms.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ImplementNewMatching.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ImplementNewShowers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Index.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/JetFinders.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/JetMatching.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/LHA.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/LHEF.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/LeftRightSymmetryProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/LeptoquarkProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/MadGraph5Processes.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/MainProgramSettings.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/MasterSwitches.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/MatchingAndMerging.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/MergingVariations.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/MultipartonInteractions.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/NLOMerging.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/NewGaugeBosonProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/NucleonExcitations.dat
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/OniaProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/PDFSelection.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/POWHEGMerging.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ParticleData.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ParticleDataScheme.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ParticleDecays.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ParticleProperties.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/PartonDistributions.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/PartonShowers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/PartonVertexInformation.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/PhaseSpaceCuts.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Photoproduction.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ProcessSelection.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ProgramClasses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ProgramFiles.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ProgramFlow.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ProgramMethods.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/PythonInterface.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/QCDHardProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/QCDLowEnergyProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/QCDSoftProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/RHadrons.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/RIVETusage.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ROOTusage.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/RandomNumberSeed.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/RandomNumbers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/ResonanceDecays.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/RopeHadronization.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SUSYLesHouchesAccord.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SUSYProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SampleMainPrograms.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SaveSettings.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SecondHardProcess.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SemiInternalProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SemiInternalResonances.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SettingsScheme.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SimpleShowers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/SpacelikeShowers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/StandardModelParameters.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/TimelikeShowers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/TopProcesses.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/TotalCrossSections.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Tunes.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/UMEPSMerging.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/UpdateHistory.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/UserHooks.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Variations.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Version.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Vincia.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/VinciaQCD.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/VinciaQED.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/WeakShowers.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/Welcome.xml
/usr/share/Pythia8/xmldoc/aMCatNLOMatching.xml
/usr/share/licenses/pythia8-data
/usr/share/licenses/pythia8-data/COPYING

References

pythia8-data website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-data on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.