How To Install libcoarrays-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoarrays-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcoarrays-dev
libcoarrays-dev is:
OpenCoArrays is an open-source software project that supports the coarray Fortran (CAF) parallel programming features of the Fortran 2008 standard and several features proposed for Fortran 2015 in the draft Technical Specification [TS 18508] “Additional Parallel Features in Fortran”.
This package provides the libraries necessary for gfortran to build parallel CAF programs built on top of MPI.
There are three methods to install libcoarrays-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 libcoarrays-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 libcoarrays-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcoarrays-dev
Install libcoarrays-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcoarrays-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcoarrays-dev
Install libcoarrays-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 libcoarrays-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcoarrays-dev
How To Uninstall libcoarrays-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcoarrays-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcoarrays-dev
Uninstall libcoarrays-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcoarrays-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoarrays-dev
Remove libcoarrays-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcoarrays-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcoarrays-dev
Remove libcoarrays-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcoarrays-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcoarrays-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoarrays-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
