How To Install libpetsc-real3.14 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc-real3.14 on Debian 11.
What is libpetsc-real3.14
libpetsc-real3.14 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 contains the PETSc 3.14 shared library for real numbers.
It provides soname libpetsc-real3.14
There are three methods to install libpetsc-real3.14 on Debian 11. 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-real3.14 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-real3.14 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpetsc-real3.14
Install libpetsc-real3.14 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc-real3.14 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpetsc-real3.14
Install libpetsc-real3.14 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-real3.14 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpetsc-real3.14
How To Uninstall libpetsc-real3.14 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libpetsc-real3.14 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpetsc-real3.14
Uninstall libpetsc-real3.14 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpetsc-real3.14 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpetsc-real3.14
Remove libpetsc-real3.14 Configurations and Data
To remove libpetsc-real3.14 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpetsc-real3.14
Remove libpetsc-real3.14 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpetsc-real3.14 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpetsc-real3.14
Dependencies
libpetsc-real3.14 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc-real3.14 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
