How To Install libscalapack-mpich2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscalapack-mpich2.0
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libscalapack-mpich2.0
libscalapack-mpich2.0 is:
ScaLAPACK is the parallel version of LAPACK used on clusters.
There are packages for the shared libraries (this one), for the static libraries and the development files and for test programs.
Also included:
- PBLAS, Parallel Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
- BLACS, Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms
This package supports the MPICH implementation of MPI.
There are three methods to install libscalapack-mpich2.0
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 libscalapack-mpich2.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libscalapack-mpich2.0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscalapack-mpich2.0
Install libscalapack-mpich2.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscalapack-mpich2.0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscalapack-mpich2.0
Install libscalapack-mpich2.0 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 libscalapack-mpich2.0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscalapack-mpich2.0
How To Uninstall libscalapack-mpich2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libscalapack-mpich2.0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscalapack-mpich2.0
Uninstall libscalapack-mpich2.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscalapack-mpich2.0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscalapack-mpich2.0
Remove libscalapack-mpich2.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libscalapack-mpich2.0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscalapack-mpich2.0
Remove libscalapack-mpich2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscalapack-mpich2.0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscalapack-mpich2.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscalapack-mpich2.0
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.