How To Install vtk-openmpi-qt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk-openmpi-qt on Rocky Linux 8. vtk-openmpi-qt is Qt bindings for VTK with openmpi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk-openmpi-qt on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `vtk-openmpi-qt`

Qt bindings for VTK with openmpi.

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

Install vtk-openmpi-qt 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 vtk-openmpi-qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vtk-openmpi-qt

Install vtk-openmpi-qt 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 vtk-openmpi-qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vtk-openmpi-qt

How To Uninstall vtk-openmpi-qt on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vtk-openmpi-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vtk-openmpi-qt

vtk-openmpi-qt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/7ba5d9f249a9f136ef175ff5f2d8930aeddeae
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/8c5d779157daaa367235a05fcc094b519efe77
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/0ff4efba3a9490f3690867ed9fbacd7ec6e7cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/607bdd9d34c3851e928c49834c53cfcc385a16
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/2352cf7647b52fcb9ca31143c88c2e548147b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/a691abe14c71cbc14b59cf130fc307d78ac837
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/bedbc99e1f678d665cd4980ba42ea78230d38d
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/b8c4aeac4da8df6199e15f6abeb3d0834912d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/4ad8b752950d06ff0105e90966f2d687e4e1ec
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkGUISupportQt.so.1
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkGUISupportQt.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkGUISupportQtSQL.so.1
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkGUISupportQtSQL.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkRenderingQt.so.1
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkRenderingQt.so.9.0.1
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkViewsQt.so.1
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libvtkViewsQt.so.9.0.1

References

vtk-openmpi-qt website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtk-openmpi-qt on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.