How To Install libmpich-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpich-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmpich-dev
libmpich-dev is:
MPICH is a high-performance and widely portable implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard (both MPI-1 and MPI-2). It efficiently supports different computation and communication platforms including commodity clusters, SMPs, massively parallel systems, and high-speed networks.
This package includes the MPICH headers and static libraries, as well as the compiler wrappers needed to build MPICH programs.
There are three methods to install libmpich-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmpich-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 libmpich-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpich-dev
Install libmpich-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpich-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpich-dev
Install libmpich-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 libmpich-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpich-dev
How To Uninstall libmpich-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmpich-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpich-dev
Uninstall libmpich-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpich-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpich-dev
Remove libmpich-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmpich-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpich-dev
Remove libmpich-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpich-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpich-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpich-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
