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elk


Information about the package, elk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The elk package is designed for, An all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave.


Package Name:

elk

Summary:

An all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave

Description:

An all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave (FP-LAPW) code with many advanced features. Written originally at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz as a milestone of the EXCITING EU Research and Training Network, the code is designed to be as simple as possible so that new developments in the field of density functional theory (DFT) can be added quickly and reliably.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.3.6

Release:

23.el6

Size:

812 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for elk


Control the elk package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install elk

This command will install elk on the server.

yum remove elk

This command will un-install elk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove elk

This command will un-install elk 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 elk when using the -y flag.

yum update elk

This command will update elk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update elk

This command will update elk 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 elk when using the -y flag.

yum info elk

This command will show you core information about the elk package.

yum deplist elk

This command will show you the dependencies for elk. 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 elk

This command will check if there is an update waiting on elk. 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.