How To Install libhypre64-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhypre64-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libhypre64-dev is High Performance Matrix Preconditioners - 64-bit (bigint) Development Files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhypre64-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libhypre64-dev

libhypre64-dev is:

Hypre is a set of matrix preconditioning libraries to aid in the solution of large systems of linear equations.

This package contains the headers and symlinks necessary to develop programs which use hypre with 64-bit integers for both HYPRE_BigInt and HYPRE_Int (–with-bigint).

There are three methods to install libhypre64-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhypre64-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhypre64-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhypre64-dev

Install libhypre64-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhypre64-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhypre64-dev

Install libhypre64-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libhypre64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhypre64-dev

How To Uninstall libhypre64-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libhypre64-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhypre64-dev

Uninstall libhypre64-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhypre64-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhypre64-dev

Remove libhypre64-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libhypre64-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhypre64-dev

Remove libhypre64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhypre64-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhypre64-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhypre64-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.