How To Install libscotch-6.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscotch-6.0
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libscotch-6.0
libscotch-6.0 is:
Shared libraries package for 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 libscotch-6.0
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 libscotch-6.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libscotch-6.0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscotch-6.0
Install libscotch-6.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscotch-6.0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscotch-6.0
Install libscotch-6.0 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 libscotch-6.0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscotch-6.0
How To Uninstall libscotch-6.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libscotch-6.0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscotch-6.0
Uninstall libscotch-6.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscotch-6.0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscotch-6.0
Remove libscotch-6.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libscotch-6.0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscotch-6.0
Remove libscotch-6.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscotch-6.0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscotch-6.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscotch-6.0
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.