How To Install scotch-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install scotch-dbg on Debian 9. scotch-dbg is programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scotch-dbg on Debian 9.

What is scotch-dbg

scotch-dbg is:

Debug symbols package for scotch, which is a set of programs and libraries which implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering algorithms developed within the SCOTCH project.

There are three methods to install scotch-dbg 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 scotch-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 scotch-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install scotch-dbg

Install scotch-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scotch-dbg

Install scotch-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install scotch-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scotch-dbg

How To Uninstall scotch-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the scotch-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove scotch-dbg

Uninstall scotch-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall scotch-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scotch-dbg

Remove scotch-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove scotch-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge scotch-dbg

Remove scotch-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scotch-dbg

Dependencies

scotch-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scotch-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.