How To Install suitesparse on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install suitesparse on AlmaLinux 8.
What is suitesparse
suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices. The package includes the following libraries AMD approximate minimum degree ordering BTF permutation to block triangular form (beta) CAMD constrained approximate minimum degree ordering COLAMD column approximate minimum degree ordering CCOLAMD constrained column approximate minimum degree ordering CHOLMOD sparse Cholesky factorization CSparse a concise sparse matrix package CXSparse CSparse extended KLU sparse LU factorization, primarily for circuit simulation LDL a simple LDL factorization SQPR a multithread, multifrontal, rank-revealing sparse QR factorization method UMFPACK sparse LU factorization SuiteSparse_config configuration file for all the above packages. RBio read/write files in Rutherford/Boeing format
We can use yum or dnf to install suitesparse on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install suitesparse.
Install suitesparse on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install suitesparse using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install suitesparse
Install suitesparse on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install suitesparse using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install suitesparse
How To Uninstall suitesparse on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the suitesparse package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove suitesparse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install suitesparse on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
