How To Install libopenblas0-serial on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas0-serial on Debian 11. libopenblas0-serial is Optimized BLAS (linear algebra) library (shared lib, serial)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas0-serial on Debian 11.

What is libopenblas0-serial

libopenblas0-serial is:

OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version.

Unlike Atlas, OpenBLAS provides a multiple architecture library.

All kernel will be included in the library and dynamically switched to the best architecture at run time (only on amd64, arm64, i386, ppc64el and s390x).

For more information on how to rebuild locally OpenBLAS, see the section: “Building Optimized OpenBLAS Packages on your ARCH” in README.Debian

Configuration: USE_THREAD=0 USE_OPENMP=0 INTERFACE64=0

There are three methods to install libopenblas0-serial on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libopenblas0-serial Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenblas0-serial using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenblas0-serial

Install libopenblas0-serial Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenblas0-serial using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenblas0-serial

Install libopenblas0-serial 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 libopenblas0-serial using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenblas0-serial

How To Uninstall libopenblas0-serial on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libopenblas0-serial package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenblas0-serial

Uninstall libopenblas0-serial And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenblas0-serial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenblas0-serial

Remove libopenblas0-serial Configurations and Data

To remove libopenblas0-serial configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenblas0-serial

Remove libopenblas0-serial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenblas0-serial configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenblas0-serial

Dependencies

libopenblas0-serial have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas0-serial package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.