How To Install libp4est-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libp4est-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libp4est-dev
libp4est-dev is:
The p4est software library enables the dynamic management of a collection of adaptive octrees, conveniently called a forest of octrees. p4est is designed to work in parallel and scale to hundreds of thousands of processor cores.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libp4est-dev 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 libp4est-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 libp4est-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libp4est-dev
Install libp4est-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libp4est-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libp4est-dev
Install libp4est-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 libp4est-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libp4est-dev
How To Uninstall libp4est-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libp4est-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libp4est-dev
Uninstall libp4est-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libp4est-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libp4est-dev
Remove libp4est-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libp4est-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libp4est-dev
Remove libp4est-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libp4est-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libp4est-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libp4est-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
