How To Install python3-mpi4py-mpich on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mpi4py-mpich on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-mpi4py-mpich
This package is constructed on top of the MPI-1/MPI-2 specification and provides an object oriented interface which closely follows MPI-2 C++ bindings. It supports point-to-point (sends, receives) and collective (broadcasts, scatters, gathers) communications of any picklable Python object as well as optimized communications of Python object exposing the single-segment buffer interface (NumPy arrays, built-in bytes/string/array objects). This package contains mpi4py compiled against MPICH.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-mpi4py-mpich on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-mpi4py-mpich.
Install python3-mpi4py-mpich 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 python3-mpi4py-mpich using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-mpi4py-mpich
Install python3-mpi4py-mpich 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 python3-mpi4py-mpich using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-mpi4py-mpich
How To Uninstall python3-mpi4py-mpich on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-mpi4py-mpich package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-mpi4py-mpich
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mpi4py-mpich on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
