How To Install lam-mpidoc on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lam-mpidoc on Debian 11. lam-mpidoc is Documentation for the Message Passing Interface standard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lam-mpidoc on Debian 11.

What is lam-mpidoc

lam-mpidoc is:

This package contains man pages describing the Message Passing Interface standard.

These pages are newly provided by the LAM package, and are also found in the mpi-doc package build from the mpich source package.

There are three methods to install lam-mpidoc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lam-mpidoc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lam-mpidoc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lam-mpidoc

Install lam-mpidoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lam-mpidoc

Install lam-mpidoc 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 lam-mpidoc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lam-mpidoc

How To Uninstall lam-mpidoc on Debian 11

To uninstall only the lam-mpidoc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lam-mpidoc

Uninstall lam-mpidoc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lam-mpidoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lam-mpidoc

Remove lam-mpidoc Configurations and Data

To remove lam-mpidoc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lam-mpidoc

Remove lam-mpidoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lam-mpidoc

Dependencies

lam-mpidoc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lam-mpidoc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.