How To Install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcoarrays-openmpi-dev is Co-Array Fortran libraries - development files (OpenMPI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev on Debian 12.

What is libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

libcoarrays-openmpi-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 Fortran to build parallel CAF programs built on top of OpenMPI.

There are three methods to install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev on Debian 12. 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-openmpi-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-openmpi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

Install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

How To Uninstall libcoarrays-openmpi-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libcoarrays-openmpi-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

Uninstall libcoarrays-openmpi-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcoarrays-openmpi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

Remove libcoarrays-openmpi-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcoarrays-openmpi-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

Remove libcoarrays-openmpi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcoarrays-openmpi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcoarrays-openmpi-dev

Dependencies

libcoarrays-openmpi-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoarrays-openmpi-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.