How To Install libarmci-mpi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarmci-mpi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libarmci-mpi-dev
libarmci-mpi-dev is:
ARMCI-MPI is a completely rewritten implementation of the ARMCI one-sided communication interface that uses MPI RMA for one-sided communication.
The purpose of the Aggregate Remote Memory Copy (ARMCI) library is to provide a general-purpose, efficient, and widely portable remote memory access (RMA) operations (one-sided communication) optimized for contiguous and noncontiguous (strided, scatter/gather, I/O vector) data transfers.
This version contains the Fortran90 modules and the static library.
There are three methods to install libarmci-mpi-dev 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 libarmci-mpi-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libarmci-mpi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libarmci-mpi-dev
Install libarmci-mpi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libarmci-mpi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libarmci-mpi-dev
Install libarmci-mpi-dev 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 libarmci-mpi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libarmci-mpi-dev
How To Uninstall libarmci-mpi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libarmci-mpi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libarmci-mpi-dev
Uninstall libarmci-mpi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libarmci-mpi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarmci-mpi-dev
Remove libarmci-mpi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libarmci-mpi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libarmci-mpi-dev
Remove libarmci-mpi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libarmci-mpi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarmci-mpi-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarmci-mpi-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
