How To Install libpetsc3.7.5-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc3.7.5-dev on Debian 9. libpetsc3.7.5-dev is Static libraries, shared links, header files for PETSc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc3.7.5-dev on Debian 9.

What is libpetsc3.7.5-dev

libpetsc3.7.5-dev is:

PETSc is the “Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation”, a suite of data structures and routines for the scalable (parallel) solution of scientific applications modeled by partial differential equations. It employs the MPI standard for all message-passing communication. Several sample scientific applications, as well as various papers and talks, demonstrate the features of the PETSc libraries.

This package provides the development files for building applications using PETSc 3.7.5.

There are three methods to install libpetsc3.7.5-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpetsc3.7.5-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 libpetsc3.7.5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpetsc3.7.5-dev

Install libpetsc3.7.5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc3.7.5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpetsc3.7.5-dev

Install libpetsc3.7.5-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc3.7.5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpetsc3.7.5-dev

How To Uninstall libpetsc3.7.5-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpetsc3.7.5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpetsc3.7.5-dev

Uninstall libpetsc3.7.5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpetsc3.7.5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpetsc3.7.5-dev

Remove libpetsc3.7.5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpetsc3.7.5-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpetsc3.7.5-dev

Remove libpetsc3.7.5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpetsc3.7.5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpetsc3.7.5-dev

Dependencies

libpetsc3.7.5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc3.7.5-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.