How To Install python3-openmpi on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openmpi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-openmpi

OpenMPI support for Python 3.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-openmpi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-openmpi.

Install python3-openmpi 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 python3-openmpi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-openmpi

Install python3-openmpi 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 python3-openmpi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-openmpi

How To Uninstall python3-openmpi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-openmpi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-openmpi

python3-openmpi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openmpi.pth

References

• python3-openmpi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openmpi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.