How To Install libpetsc-real3.10-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc-real3.10-dev on Debian 10.
What is libpetsc-real3.10-dev
libpetsc-real3.10-dev is:
PETSc is the “Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation”, a suite of data structures and routines for the scalable (parallel) solution of scientific applications modeled by partial differential equations. It employs the MPI standard for all message-passing communication. Several sample scientific applications, as well as various papers and talks, demonstrate the features of the PETSc libraries.
This package provides the development files for building applications using PETSc 3.10 with real numbers.
There are three methods to install libpetsc-real3.10-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpetsc-real3.10-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 libpetsc-real3.10-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpetsc-real3.10-dev
Install libpetsc-real3.10-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc-real3.10-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpetsc-real3.10-dev
Install libpetsc-real3.10-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 libpetsc-real3.10-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpetsc-real3.10-dev
How To Uninstall libpetsc-real3.10-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libpetsc-real3.10-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpetsc-real3.10-dev
Uninstall libpetsc-real3.10-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpetsc-real3.10-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpetsc-real3.10-dev
Remove libpetsc-real3.10-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpetsc-real3.10-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpetsc-real3.10-dev
Remove libpetsc-real3.10-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpetsc-real3.10-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpetsc-real3.10-dev
Dependencies
libpetsc-real3.10-dev have the following dependencies:
- libpetsc-real3.10
- libpetsc3.10-dev-common
- libopenmpi-dev
- libopenmpi-dev
- libsuitesparse-dev
- libhypre-dev
- libptscotch-dev
- libscalapack-mpi-dev
- libmumps-dev
- libfftw3-dev
- libfftw3-mpi-dev
- libssl-dev
- gfortran
- gfortran-mod-15
- libhdf5-mpi-dev
- libsuperlu-dev
- libsuperlu-dist-dev
- python
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc-real3.10-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.