How To Install netpipe-openmpi on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netpipe-openmpi on Debian 12.
What is netpipe-openmpi
netpipe-openmpi is:
NetPIPE is a protocol independent performance tool that encapsulates the best of ttcp and netperf and visually represents the network performance under a variety of conditions. By taking the end-to-end application view of a network, NetPIPE clearly shows the overhead associated with different protocol layers. NetPIPE answers such questions as: how soon will a given data block of size k arrive at its destination? Which network and protocol will transmit size k blocks the fastest? What is a given network’s effective maximum throughput and saturation level? Does there exist a block size k for which the throughput is maximized? How much communication overhead is due to the network communication protocol layer(s)? How quickly will a small (< 1 kbyte) control message arrive, and which network and protocol are best for this purpose?
This package measures network performance using the MPI protocol, a Message Passing Interface frequently used in parallel processing, and which uses in turn TCP as its underlying transport. The implementation of the MPI standard used by this package is that provided by the openmpi set of packages.
There are three methods to install netpipe-openmpi on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netpipe-openmpi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netpipe-openmpi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netpipe-openmpi
Install netpipe-openmpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netpipe-openmpi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netpipe-openmpi
Install netpipe-openmpi 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 netpipe-openmpi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netpipe-openmpi
How To Uninstall netpipe-openmpi on Debian 12
To uninstall only the netpipe-openmpi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netpipe-openmpi
Uninstall netpipe-openmpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netpipe-openmpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netpipe-openmpi
Remove netpipe-openmpi Configurations and Data
To remove netpipe-openmpi configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netpipe-openmpi
Remove netpipe-openmpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netpipe-openmpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netpipe-openmpi
Dependencies
netpipe-openmpi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netpipe-openmpi package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
