How To Install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 is:
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
The Boost.MPI library provides a C++ interface to MPI that supports modern C++ development styles, including complete support for user-defined data types and C++ Standard Library types, arbitrary function objects for collective algorithms, and the use of modern C++ library techniques to maintain maximal efficiency.
This package provides Python Bindings to the C++ interface.
One of the python interpreter packages is required to use the bindings.
There are three methods to install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
Install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
Install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 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 libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
How To Uninstall libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
Uninstall libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
Remove libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
Remove libboost-mpi-python1.71.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboost-mpi-python1.71.0
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.