How To Install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples on Debian 12.
What is libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
libpetsc3.18-dev-examples 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 example, test, and tutorial scripts for PETSc 3.18.
There are three methods to install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples 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 libpetsc3.18-dev-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
Install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
Install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples 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 libpetsc3.18-dev-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
How To Uninstall libpetsc3.18-dev-examples on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libpetsc3.18-dev-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
Uninstall libpetsc3.18-dev-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpetsc3.18-dev-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
Remove libpetsc3.18-dev-examples Configurations and Data
To remove libpetsc3.18-dev-examples configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
Remove libpetsc3.18-dev-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpetsc3.18-dev-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpetsc3.18-dev-examples
Dependencies
libpetsc3.18-dev-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc3.18-dev-examples package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
