Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich-python2 on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-mpich-python2
Python 2 support for Boost.MPI-MPICH, a library providing a clean C++ API over the MPICH implementation of MPI.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-mpich-python2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-mpich-python2.
Install boost169-mpich-python2 on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boost169-mpich-python2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-mpich-python2
Install boost169-mpich-python2 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boost169-mpich-python2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-mpich-python2
How To Uninstall boost169-mpich-python2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-mpich-python2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-mpich-python2
boost169-mpich-python2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/6022391c422e7feb7afca9cd1c1767dff6e6a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/f7291b7312edd32e91232d11f76cfad40c1d23
/usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libboost_mpi_python27.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mpich/boost
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mpich/boost/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mpich/boost/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mpich/boost/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mpich/boost/mpi.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich-python2
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-mpich-python2/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-mpich-python2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
