How To Install libscalapack-openmpi1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscalapack-openmpi1 on Debian 9.
What is libscalapack-openmpi1
libscalapack-openmpi1 is:
ScaLAPACK is the parallel version of LAPACK and is used on Beowulf type clusters.
You can choose between an implementation based on MPI or PVM. This package uses MPI. There are packages for the shared libraries (this one), for the static libraries and the development files and for test programs.
Also included: PBLAS, Parallel Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms.
There are three methods to install libscalapack-openmpi1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libscalapack-openmpi1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libscalapack-openmpi1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscalapack-openmpi1
Install libscalapack-openmpi1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscalapack-openmpi1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscalapack-openmpi1
Install libscalapack-openmpi1 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 libscalapack-openmpi1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscalapack-openmpi1
How To Uninstall libscalapack-openmpi1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libscalapack-openmpi1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscalapack-openmpi1
Uninstall libscalapack-openmpi1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscalapack-openmpi1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscalapack-openmpi1
Remove libscalapack-openmpi1 Configurations and Data
To remove libscalapack-openmpi1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscalapack-openmpi1
Remove libscalapack-openmpi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscalapack-openmpi1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscalapack-openmpi1
Dependencies
libscalapack-openmpi1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscalapack-openmpi1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.