How To Install root-genetic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-genetic on Rocky Linux 8. root-genetic is Genetic algorithms for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-genetic on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `root-genetic`

This package contains a genetic minimizer module for ROOT.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install root-genetic

Install root-genetic 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 root-genetic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-genetic

How To Uninstall root-genetic on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-genetic

root-genetic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/Math/GeneticMinimizer.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/a5fd69c1837ac4dcb554fc1a7fb7ac3c4b0805
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGenetic_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/ROOT@@Math@@Minimizer/P080_GeneticMinimizer.C

References

root-genetic website

Summary

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