How To Install libblis2-openmp on Debian 10

Learn how to install libblis2-openmp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libblis2-openmp is BLAS-like Library Instantiation Software Framework - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblis2-openmp on Debian 10.

What is libblis2-openmp

libblis2-openmp is:

BLIS is a portable software framework for instantiating high-performance BLAS-like dense linear algebra libraries. The framework was designed to isolate essential kernels of computation that, when optimized, immediately enable optimized implementations of most of its commonly used and computationally intensive operations. BLIS is written in ISO C99 and available under a new/modified/3-clause BSD license. While BLIS exports a new BLAS-like API, it also includes a BLAS compatibility layer which gives application developers access to BLIS implementations via traditional BLAS routine calls. An object-based API is also available for more experienced users.

The package contains the openmp version of shared library.

There are three methods to install libblis2-openmp on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libblis2-openmp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libblis2-openmp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libblis2-openmp

Install libblis2-openmp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libblis2-openmp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libblis2-openmp

Install libblis2-openmp Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libblis2-openmp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libblis2-openmp

How To Uninstall libblis2-openmp on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libblis2-openmp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libblis2-openmp

Uninstall libblis2-openmp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libblis2-openmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblis2-openmp

Remove libblis2-openmp Configurations and Data

To remove libblis2-openmp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libblis2-openmp

Remove libblis2-openmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libblis2-openmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblis2-openmp

Dependencies

libblis2-openmp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblis2-openmp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.