How To Install scalapack-test-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-test-common on Debian 9.
What is scalapack-test-common
scalapack-test-common is:
ScaLAPACK is the parallel version of LAPACK and is used on Beowulf type clusters.
You can choose between an implementation based on MPI or PVM. This package provides test data for all ScaLAPACK packages (MPICH, LAM and PVM versions).
There are three methods to install scalapack-test-common 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 scalapack-test-common 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-test-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scalapack-test-common
Install scalapack-test-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scalapack-test-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scalapack-test-common
Install scalapack-test-common 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 scalapack-test-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scalapack-test-common
How To Uninstall scalapack-test-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the scalapack-test-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scalapack-test-common
Uninstall scalapack-test-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scalapack-test-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scalapack-test-common
Remove scalapack-test-common Configurations and Data
To remove scalapack-test-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scalapack-test-common
Remove scalapack-test-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scalapack-test-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scalapack-test-common
Dependencies
scalapack-test-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-test-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
