How To Install mpi-specs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-specs on Kali Linux.

What is mpi-specs

mpi-specs is:

This package includes the MPI Forum documents which covers 1.1 and 2.0 specifications of the Message Passing Interface. Documents are all in HTML format.

Latest copy of the official errata document in PDF format is also enclosed.

There are three methods to install mpi-specs on Kali Linux. 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-specs 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-specs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mpi-specs

Install mpi-specs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mpi-specs

Install mpi-specs Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install mpi-specs

How To Uninstall mpi-specs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mpi-specs

Uninstall mpi-specs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mpi-specs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpi-specs

Remove mpi-specs Configurations and Data

To remove mpi-specs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpi-specs

Remove mpi-specs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpi-specs

Dependencies

mpi-specs have the following dependencies:

References

• mpi-specs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-specs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.