How To Install mpich-doc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpich-doc on Kali Linux.
What is mpich-doc
mpich-doc is:
MPICH is a high-performance and widely portable implementation of the MPI-3.1 standard from the Argonne National Laboratory. It efficiently supports different computation and communication platforms including commodity clusters, SMPs, massively parallel systems, and high-speed networks. This release has all MPI 3.1 functions and features required by the standard with the exception of support for the “external32” portable I/O format and user-defined data representations for I/O.
This package includes the MPICH documentation.
There are three methods to install mpich-doc 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 mpich-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mpich-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpich-docInstall mpich-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mpich-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpich-docInstall mpich-doc 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mpich-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpich-docHow To Uninstall mpich-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mpich-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpich-docUninstall mpich-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpich-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpich-docRemove mpich-doc Configurations and Data
To remove mpich-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpich-docRemove mpich-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpich-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpich-docDependencies
mpich-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpich-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.