How To Install libptscotch-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libptscotch-dev
libptscotch-dev is:
Headers and libraries package for PT-SCOTCH, the MPI version of scotch, which is a set of programs and libraries which implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering algorithms developed within the SCOTCH project.
There are three methods to install libptscotch-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libptscotch-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 libptscotch-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libptscotch-dev
Install libptscotch-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libptscotch-dev
Install libptscotch-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libptscotch-dev
How To Uninstall libptscotch-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libptscotch-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libptscotch-dev
Uninstall libptscotch-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libptscotch-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libptscotch-dev
Remove libptscotch-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libptscotch-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libptscotch-dev
Remove libptscotch-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libptscotch-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libptscotch-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
