How To Install pythia8-lhapdf on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-lhapdf on CentOS 7. pythia8-lhapdf is Pythia 8 LHAPDF Interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-lhapdf on CentOS 7.

What is pythia8-lhapdf

This package provides the LHAPDF interface for Pythia 8.

We can use yum or dnf to install pythia8-lhapdf on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pythia8-lhapdf.

Install pythia8-lhapdf on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pythia8-lhapdf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pythia8-lhapdf

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

sudo dnf -y install pythia8-lhapdf

How To Uninstall pythia8-lhapdf on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pythia8-lhapdf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-lhapdf on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.