How To Install python3-mpi4py-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mpi4py-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-mpi4py-dbg
python3-mpi4py-dbg is:
MPI for Python (mpi4py) provides bindings of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard for the Python programming language, allowing any Python program to exploit multiple processors.
mpi4py is constructed on top of the MPI-1/MPI-2 specification and provides an object oriented interface which closely follows MPI-2 C++ bindings. It supports point-to-point (sends, receives) and collective (broadcasts, scatters, gathers) communications of any picklable Python object as well as optimized communications of Python object exposing the single-segment buffer interface (NumPy arrays, builtin bytes/string/array objects).
This package contains the extension built for the Python 3 debug interpreter. Build-Ids: 3c4e9a754d597d2b4a30fab59e95dcb9ccf422fe 6d24148edb74f394f19b0136abadd7870c2f9619 a27a3372aa13bfac45946b1c2de736a10d05b6e2 b240d59eefc3ba89778845d7312fc60c78753dbb bc72c130d6476216752782b70e8c12edfdfe2906 de4247b6964fec57593e20cce1110e8395066a3f e1603eb2bd2c61077e60d2bbcd534760b7af74ce fb38233a35100ea11042fc13ed6377ed88f73ff2
There are three methods to install python3-mpi4py-dbg 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 python3-mpi4py-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 python3-mpi4py-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-mpi4py-dbg
Install python3-mpi4py-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-mpi4py-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-mpi4py-dbg
Install python3-mpi4py-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-mpi4py-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-mpi4py-dbg
How To Uninstall python3-mpi4py-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-mpi4py-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-mpi4py-dbg
Uninstall python3-mpi4py-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-mpi4py-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mpi4py-dbg
Remove python3-mpi4py-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove python3-mpi4py-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mpi4py-dbg
Remove python3-mpi4py-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-mpi4py-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mpi4py-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mpi4py-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
