How To Install libpetsc64-real-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc64-real-dev on Debian 12.
What is libpetsc64-real-dev
libpetsc64-real-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 is a dummy package which depends on the most recent version of libpetsc64-realX-dev with real number support and 64-bit indexing (X=version).
There are three methods to install libpetsc64-real-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 libpetsc64-real-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 libpetsc64-real-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpetsc64-real-dev
Install libpetsc64-real-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc64-real-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpetsc64-real-dev
Install libpetsc64-real-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 libpetsc64-real-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpetsc64-real-dev
How To Uninstall libpetsc64-real-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libpetsc64-real-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpetsc64-real-dev
Uninstall libpetsc64-real-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpetsc64-real-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpetsc64-real-dev
Remove libpetsc64-real-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpetsc64-real-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpetsc64-real-dev
Remove libpetsc64-real-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpetsc64-real-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpetsc64-real-dev
Dependencies
libpetsc64-real-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc64-real-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
