How To Install scalapack-mpi-test on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-mpi-test
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scalapack-mpi-test
scalapack-mpi-test is:
ScaLAPACK is the parallel version of LAPACK used on clusters.
Also included: - PBLAS, Parallel Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms - BLACS, Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms
This package contains ScaLAPACK, PBLAS and BLACS test programs.
There are three methods to install scalapack-mpi-test
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scalapack-mpi-test Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scalapack-mpi-test
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scalapack-mpi-test
Install scalapack-mpi-test Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scalapack-mpi-test
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scalapack-mpi-test
Install scalapack-mpi-test 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 scalapack-mpi-test
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scalapack-mpi-test
How To Uninstall scalapack-mpi-test on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scalapack-mpi-test
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scalapack-mpi-test
Uninstall scalapack-mpi-test And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scalapack-mpi-test
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scalapack-mpi-test
Remove scalapack-mpi-test Configurations and Data
To remove scalapack-mpi-test
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scalapack-mpi-test
Remove scalapack-mpi-test configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scalapack-mpi-test
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scalapack-mpi-test
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-mpi-test
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.