How To Install scalapack-test-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-test-common on Debian 9. scalapack-test-common is Test data for ScaLAPACK testers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-test-common on Debian 9.

What is scalapack-test-common

scalapack-test-common is:

ScaLAPACK is the parallel version of LAPACK and is used on Beowulf type clusters.

You can choose between an implementation based on MPI or PVM. This package provides test data for all ScaLAPACK packages (MPICH, LAM and PVM versions).

There are three methods to install scalapack-test-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install scalapack-test-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install scalapack-test-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install scalapack-test-common

Install scalapack-test-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install scalapack-test-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install scalapack-test-common

Install scalapack-test-common 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 scalapack-test-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scalapack-test-common

How To Uninstall scalapack-test-common on Debian 9

To uninstall only the scalapack-test-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove scalapack-test-common

Uninstall scalapack-test-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall scalapack-test-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scalapack-test-common

Remove scalapack-test-common Configurations and Data

To remove scalapack-test-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge scalapack-test-common

Remove scalapack-test-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove scalapack-test-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scalapack-test-common

Dependencies

scalapack-test-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scalapack-test-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.