How To Install mpi-default-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-default-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mpi-default-dev
mpi-default-dev is:
This metapackage depends on the development files of the recommended MPI implementation for each platform, currently Open MPI on all of the platforms where it exists, and MPICH on the others. The package which this depends on has alternatives links for the shared libraries libmpi and libmpi++, and for compilers mpicc, mpic++/mpicxx/mpiCC, mpif77 and mpi90 and their manpages.
There are three methods to install mpi-default-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mpi-default-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpi-default-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpi-default-dev
Install mpi-default-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpi-default-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpi-default-dev
Install mpi-default-dev 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 mpi-default-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpi-default-dev
How To Uninstall mpi-default-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mpi-default-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpi-default-dev
Uninstall mpi-default-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpi-default-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpi-default-dev
Remove mpi-default-dev Configurations and Data
To remove mpi-default-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpi-default-dev
Remove mpi-default-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpi-default-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpi-default-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpi-default-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
