How To Install xmpi on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmpi
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is xmpi
xmpi is:
MPI is a standard for writing parallel processing programs using a well defined Message Passing Interface.
XMPI can acquire and display extensive detail on an application’s MPI communication, including the following: o process synchronization status: running, system or blocked o message queue contents o source, destination, root ranks o MPI function name o communicator o data type o message count o tag The above information is acquired from on-demand snapshots of application status using debugging hooks in the MPI implementation or from a trace log of communication activity.
There are three methods to install xmpi
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xmpi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmpi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmpi
Install xmpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmpi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmpi
Install xmpi 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 xmpi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmpi
How To Uninstall xmpi on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the xmpi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmpi
Uninstall xmpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmpi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmpi
Remove xmpi Configurations and Data
To remove xmpi
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmpi
Remove xmpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmpi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmpi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmpi
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.