Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-openmpi on CentOS 8.
What is boost-openmpi
Run-time support for Boost.MPI-OpenMPI, a library providing a clean C++ API over the OpenMPI implementation of MPI. boost-openmpi 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 57 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm powertools Run-time component of Boost.MPI library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for Boost.MPI-OpenMPI, a library providing a clean C++ API over the OpenMPI implementation of MPI.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-openmpi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-openmpi.
Install boost-openmpi 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 boost-openmpi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-openmpi
Install boost-openmpi 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 boost-openmpi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-openmpi
How To Uninstall boost-openmpi on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-openmpi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-openmpi
boost-openmpi Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/0d68262a13ef71e52f02999956f26a74f0c052
/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/25695572aabf2c607b25735c3e3f2164c09366
/usr/lib/openmpi/lib/libboost_mpi.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi
/usr/share/licenses/boost-openmpi/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-openmpi website](http://www.boost.org
http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-openmpi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
