How To Install libscotch-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscotch-dbg on Debian 9. libscotch-dbg is programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscotch-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libscotch-dbg

libscotch-dbg is:

Debug symbols package for the scotch library, 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-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 libscotch-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 libscotch-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscotch-dbg

Install libscotch-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libscotch-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libscotch-dbg

Install libscotch-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 libscotch-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscotch-dbg

How To Uninstall libscotch-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libscotch-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libscotch-dbg

Uninstall libscotch-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libscotch-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscotch-dbg

Remove libscotch-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libscotch-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libscotch-dbg

Remove libscotch-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libscotch-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscotch-dbg

Dependencies

libscotch-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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