How To Install votca-xtp-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-xtp-devel on CentOS 7. votca-xtp-devel is Development headers and libraries for VOTCA XTP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-xtp-devel on CentOS 7.

What is votca-xtp-devel

Versatile Object-oriented Toolkit for Coarse-graining Applications (VOTCA) is a package intended to reduce the amount of routine work when doing systematic coarse-graining of various systems. The core is written in C++. This package contains development headers and libraries for the excitation and charge properties module.

We can use yum or dnf to install votca-xtp-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install votca-xtp-devel.

Install votca-xtp-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install votca-xtp-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install votca-xtp-devel

Install votca-xtp-devel 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 votca-xtp-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install votca-xtp-devel

How To Uninstall votca-xtp-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the votca-xtp-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove votca-xtp-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install votca-xtp-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.