How To Install root-montecarlo-vmc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-montecarlo-vmc on Rocky Linux 8. root-montecarlo-vmc is Virtual Monte-Carlo (simulation) library for ROOT

Introduction

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

What is `root-montecarlo-vmc`

This package contains the VMC library for ROOT.

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

Install root-montecarlo-vmc 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-montecarlo-vmc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-montecarlo-vmc

Install root-montecarlo-vmc 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-montecarlo-vmc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-montecarlo-vmc

How To Uninstall root-montecarlo-vmc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-montecarlo-vmc

root-montecarlo-vmc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TGeoMCBranchArrayContainer.h
/usr/include/root/TGeoMCGeometry.h
/usr/include/root/TMCAutoLock.h
/usr/include/root/TMCManager.h
/usr/include/root/TMCManagerStack.h
/usr/include/root/TMCOptical.h
/usr/include/root/TMCParticleStatus.h
/usr/include/root/TMCParticleType.h
/usr/include/root/TMCProcess.h
/usr/include/root/TMCVerbose.h
/usr/include/root/TMCtls.h
/usr/include/root/TVirtualMC.h
/usr/include/root/TVirtualMCApplication.h
/usr/include/root/TVirtualMCGeometry.h
/usr/include/root/TVirtualMCSensitiveDetector.h
/usr/include/root/TVirtualMCStack.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/3befe9e6864251a7239d7cb505d86b22a30fb9
/usr/lib64/root/libVMC.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libVMC.so
/usr/lib64/root/libVMC.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libVMC.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libVMC_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/vmc
/usr/share/root/vmc/MakeExe
/usr/share/root/vmc/MakeMacros
/usr/share/root/vmc/MakeRules
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makedepend
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.hpuxacc
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.linux
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.linuxia64ecc
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.linuxia64gcc
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.linuxicc
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.linuxx8664gcc
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.linuxx8664icc
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.macosx
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.macosx64
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.macosxicc
/usr/share/root/vmc/Makefile.solarisCC5

References

root-montecarlo-vmc website

Summary

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