How To Install libitsol-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libitsol-dev on Debian 9.
What is libitsol-dev
libitsol-dev is:
ITSOL is a library of iterative solvers for general sparse linear systems of equations. ITSOL can be viewed as an extension of the itsol module in SPARSKIT. It is written in C and offers a selection of recently developed preconditioners. The preconditioner suite includes:
- ILUK (ILU preconditioner with level of fill)
- ILUT (ILU preconditioner with threshold)
- ILUC (Crout version of ILUT)
- VBILUK (variable block preconditioner with level of fill - with automatic block detection)
- VBILUT (variable block preconditioner with threshold - with automatic block detection)
- ARMS (Algebraic Recursive Multilevel Solvers – includes actually several methods - In particular the standard ARMS and the ddPQ version which uses nonsymmetric permutations)
Note that ITSOL is a scalar package. You may find parallel implentations of some of the preconditioners listed above in pARMS.
This package provides the itsol header files required to compile C/C++ programs that use ITSOL.
There are three methods to install libitsol-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libitsol-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 libitsol-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libitsol-dev
Install libitsol-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libitsol-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libitsol-dev
Install libitsol-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 libitsol-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libitsol-dev
How To Uninstall libitsol-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libitsol-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libitsol-dev
Uninstall libitsol-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libitsol-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libitsol-dev
Remove libitsol-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libitsol-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libitsol-dev
Remove libitsol-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libitsol-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libitsol-dev
Dependencies
libitsol-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libitsol-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.