Information about the package, libxc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libxc package is designed for, Library of exchange and correlation functionals to be used in DFT.
Package Name:
libxc
Summary:
Library of exchange and correlation functionals to be used in DFT
Description:
libxc is a library of exchange and correlation functionals. Its purpose is to be used in codes that implement density-functional theory. For the moment, the library includes most of the local density approximations (LDAs), generalized density approximation (GGAs), and meta-GGAs. The library provides values for the energy density and its 1st, 2nd, and (for the LDAs) 3rd derivatives.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.1.2
Release:
3.el6
Size:
504 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv3+
Control the libxc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libxc
This command will install libxc on the server.
yum remove libxc
This command will un-install libxc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libxc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libxc
This command will un-install libxc on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libxc when using the -y flag.
yum update libxc
This command will update libxc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libxc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libxc
This command will update libxc to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libxc when using the -y flag.
yum info libxc
This command will show you core information about the libxc package.
yum deplist libxc
This command will show you the dependencies for libxc. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libxc
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libxc. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.