How To Install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libtachyon-mpich-0-dev is Parallel/Multiprocessor Ray Tracing Library - development - MPICH flavour

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev on Debian 10.

What is libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

libtachyon-mpich-0-dev is:

Tachyon is a portable, high performance parallel ray tracing system supporting MPI and multithreaded implementations. Tachyon is built as a C callable library, which can be used within applications.

Tachyon implements all of the basic geometric primitives such as triangles, planes, spheres, cylinders, etc. Some of the goals in developing Tachyon were to make it fast and for it to parallelize well. These are what set it apart from more full-featured programs like POV-Ray, Rayshade, and others. Tachyon supports enough features to be an excellent alternative to slower programs for demanding animation and scientific visualization tasks.

This package contains the static libraries and symbolic links that third party developers using the tachyon C library built against MPICH will need.

There are three methods to install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtachyon-mpich-0-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 libtachyon-mpich-0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

Install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

Install libtachyon-mpich-0-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 libtachyon-mpich-0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

How To Uninstall libtachyon-mpich-0-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libtachyon-mpich-0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

Uninstall libtachyon-mpich-0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtachyon-mpich-0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

Remove libtachyon-mpich-0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtachyon-mpich-0-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

Remove libtachyon-mpich-0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtachyon-mpich-0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtachyon-mpich-0-dev

Dependencies

libtachyon-mpich-0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtachyon-mpich-0-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.