How To Install libmetis-edf4.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetis-edf4.1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmetis-edf4.1
libmetis-edf4.1 is:
METIS: A Family of Multilevel Partitioning Algorithms
This is a collection of serial and parallel programs & libraries that can be used to partitioning unstructured graphs, finite element meshes, and hypergraphs, both on serial as well as on parallel computers.
Adaptation of METIS for Code_Aster purpose
This package contains the shared library
There are three methods to install libmetis-edf4.1
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmetis-edf4.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetis-edf4.1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmetis-edf4.1
Install libmetis-edf4.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetis-edf4.1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmetis-edf4.1
Install libmetis-edf4.1 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 libmetis-edf4.1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmetis-edf4.1
How To Uninstall libmetis-edf4.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmetis-edf4.1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmetis-edf4.1
Uninstall libmetis-edf4.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmetis-edf4.1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetis-edf4.1
Remove libmetis-edf4.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libmetis-edf4.1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmetis-edf4.1
Remove libmetis-edf4.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmetis-edf4.1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetis-edf4.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetis-edf4.1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.