How To Install root-quadp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-quadp on Rocky Linux 8. root-quadp is QuadP library for ROOT

Introduction

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

What is `root-quadp`

This package contains the QuadP library for ROOT. This provides the a framework in which to do Quadratic Programming. The quadratic programming problem involves minimization of a quadratic function subject to linear constraints.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install root-quadp

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

sudo yum -y install root-quadp

How To Uninstall root-quadp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-quadp

root-quadp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TGondzioSolver.h
/usr/include/root/TMehrotraSolver.h
/usr/include/root/TQpDataBase.h
/usr/include/root/TQpDataDens.h
/usr/include/root/TQpDataSparse.h
/usr/include/root/TQpLinSolverBase.h
/usr/include/root/TQpLinSolverDens.h
/usr/include/root/TQpLinSolverSparse.h
/usr/include/root/TQpProbBase.h
/usr/include/root/TQpProbDens.h
/usr/include/root/TQpProbSparse.h
/usr/include/root/TQpResidual.h
/usr/include/root/TQpSolverBase.h
/usr/include/root/TQpVar.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/ac8cd25ffcccb12e6a80393915e34daff4e9cc
/usr/lib64/root/libQuadp.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libQuadp.so
/usr/lib64/root/libQuadp.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libQuadp.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libQuadp_rdict.pcm

References

root-quadp website

Summary

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