How To Install parmetis-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install parmetis-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. parmetis-doc is Parallel Graph Partitioning and Sparse Matrix Ordering Lib - Docs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install parmetis-doc on Debian 12.

What is parmetis-doc

parmetis-doc is:

ParMetis computes minimal-cut partitions of graphs and meshes in parallel, and orders variables for minimal fill when using direct solvers for sparse matrices. It does all this in parallel, and also can efficiently re-partition a graph or mesh whose connectivity has changed.

This package contains the documentation and example files.

There are three methods to install parmetis-doc 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 parmetis-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install parmetis-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install parmetis-doc

Install parmetis-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install parmetis-doc

Install parmetis-doc 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 parmetis-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install parmetis-doc

How To Uninstall parmetis-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the parmetis-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove parmetis-doc

Uninstall parmetis-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall parmetis-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove parmetis-doc

Remove parmetis-doc Configurations and Data

To remove parmetis-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge parmetis-doc

Remove parmetis-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge parmetis-doc

Dependencies

parmetis-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install parmetis-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.