How To Install root-fftw on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-fftw on CentOS 7. root-fftw is FFTW library for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-fftw on CentOS 7.

What is root-fftw

This package contains the Fast Fourier Transform extension for ROOT. It uses the very fast fftw (version 3) library.

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

Install root-fftw on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install root-fftw

Install root-fftw 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 root-fftw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-fftw

How To Uninstall root-fftw on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the root-fftw package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-fftw

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Summary

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