How To Install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 7.
What is root-montecarlo-pythia8
This package contains the Pythia version 8 plug-in for ROOT. This package provide the ROOT user with transparent interface to the Pythia (version 8) event generators for hadronic interactions. If the term “hadronic” does not ring any bells, this package is not for you.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-montecarlo-pythia8.
Install root-montecarlo-pythia8 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-montecarlo-pythia8 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-montecarlo-pythia8
Install root-montecarlo-pythia8 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-montecarlo-pythia8 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-montecarlo-pythia8
How To Uninstall root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the root-montecarlo-pythia8 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-montecarlo-pythia8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-montecarlo-pythia8 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
