How To Install mpi-default-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install mpi-default-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mpi-default-dev is Standard MPI development files (metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-default-dev on Debian 10.

What is mpi-default-dev

mpi-default-dev is:

This metapackage depends on the development files of the recommended MPI implementation for each platform, currently Open MPI on all of the platforms where it exists, and MPICH on the others. The package which this depends on has alternatives links for the shared libraries libmpi and libmpi++, and for compilers mpicc, mpic++/mpicxx/mpiCC, mpif77 and mpi90 and their manpages.

There are three methods to install mpi-default-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mpi-default-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 mpi-default-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mpi-default-dev

Install mpi-default-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mpi-default-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mpi-default-dev

Install mpi-default-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 mpi-default-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpi-default-dev

How To Uninstall mpi-default-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mpi-default-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mpi-default-dev

Uninstall mpi-default-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mpi-default-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpi-default-dev

Remove mpi-default-dev Configurations and Data

To remove mpi-default-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpi-default-dev

Remove mpi-default-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mpi-default-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpi-default-dev

Dependencies

mpi-default-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-default-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.