How To Install mpi-specs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-specs on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 mpi-specs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpi-specs
How To Uninstall mpi-specs on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-specs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
