Can the MKL script be adapted for dnf based fedora systems?

[ccaneke]

I'm trying to get MKL installed on my fedora system which uses the dnf package manager. Do you know if intel MKL works for dnf, because I want to use your blog post as a guide line to install it?

[eddelbuettel]

Well, I wrote the script because

• Intel supplies .deb packages so you need to ensure that they have .rpm packages
• I happen to know dpkg and apt well after 20+ years of use and contribution as a maintainer
• So I know we have a working 'alternatives' mechanism which I use here.

Hence I cannot speak to RHEL/FC. Good luck though.

[kkm000]

@ChukwuemezieChristopherAneke, for the install part, you can look at https://github.com/kaldi-asr/kaldi/blob/master/tools/extras/install_mkl.sh -- we at Kaldi tried our best to handle as many systems as possible in a user-friendly way. Dunno about the update-alternatives counterpart on rhel-based systems, tho, and even if they have it at all.

I vaguely remember they introduced "environments" or something like that; on the very top, abstract level the same idea of isolated packages like virtualenv in Python. So I would be not very surprised if something akin to alternatives exists in rhel and its offshoot distros.

[eddelbuettel]

@kkm000 with all due respect this adds zero value. We can all do a basic curl download. This is all about the subsequent integration.

Anyway, this repo and its script are very specific about its audience -- it never aimed for anything but .deb systems. So I will lock this now.