How To Install regina-normal-mpi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install regina-normal-mpi
on Debian 9.
What is regina-normal-mpi
regina-normal-mpi is:
Regina is a software package for low-dimensional topologists. This package contains the components of Regina designed to run large parallel computations on a high-performance cluster using MPI.
These components are built against the default implementation of MPI, and must be run under the default MPI runtime environment (as found in the package mpi-default-bin).
Regina focuses on the study of 3-manifold and 4-manifold triangulations, normal surfaces, and angle structures. For Regina’s standard graphical user interface, and for more information about what Regina can do, see the package regina-normal.
There are three methods to install regina-normal-mpi
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 regina-normal-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 regina-normal-mpi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install regina-normal-mpi
Install regina-normal-mpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install regina-normal-mpi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install regina-normal-mpi
Install regina-normal-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 regina-normal-mpi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install regina-normal-mpi
How To Uninstall regina-normal-mpi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the regina-normal-mpi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove regina-normal-mpi
Uninstall regina-normal-mpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall regina-normal-mpi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove regina-normal-mpi
Remove regina-normal-mpi Configurations and Data
To remove regina-normal-mpi
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge regina-normal-mpi
Remove regina-normal-mpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove regina-normal-mpi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge regina-normal-mpi
Dependencies
regina-normal-mpi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install regina-normal-mpi
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.