How To Install libptscotch-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-dbg
on Debian 9.
What is libptscotch-dbg
libptscotch-dbg is:
Debug symbols package for the PT-SCOTCH library, the MPI version of scotch, which is a set of programs and libraries which implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering algorithms developed within the SCOTCH project.
There are three methods to install libptscotch-dbg
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 libptscotch-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libptscotch-dbg
Install libptscotch-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libptscotch-dbg
Install libptscotch-dbg 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 libptscotch-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libptscotch-dbg
How To Uninstall libptscotch-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libptscotch-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libptscotch-dbg
Uninstall libptscotch-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libptscotch-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libptscotch-dbg
Remove libptscotch-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libptscotch-dbg
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libptscotch-dbg
Remove libptscotch-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libptscotch-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libptscotch-dbg
Dependencies
libptscotch-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-dbg
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.