How To Install mpb-mpi on Debian 10

Learn how to install mpb-mpi on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mpb-mpi is MIT Photonic-Bands, parallel (mpich) version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb-mpi on Debian 10.

What is mpb-mpi

mpb-mpi is:

The MIT Photonic-Bands package is a free program for computing the band structures (dispersion relations) and electromagnetic modes of periodic dielectric structures, on both serial and parallel computers. It was developed by Steven G. Johnson at MIT in the Joannopoulos Ab Initio Physics group, and designed to study photonic crystal structures.

This package contains a parallel version of MPB, using the mpich implementation of the MPI protocol. It allows for calculations on clusters of computers.

There are three methods to install mpb-mpi 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 mpb-mpi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mpb-mpi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mpb-mpi

Install mpb-mpi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mpb-mpi

Install mpb-mpi 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 mpb-mpi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpb-mpi

How To Uninstall mpb-mpi on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mpb-mpi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mpb-mpi

Uninstall mpb-mpi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mpb-mpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpb-mpi

Remove mpb-mpi Configurations and Data

To remove mpb-mpi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpb-mpi

Remove mpb-mpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpb-mpi

Dependencies

mpb-mpi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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