How To Install libcombblas-dev on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcombblas-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libcombblas-dev
libcombblas-dev is:
The Combinatorial BLAS (CombBLAS) is an extensible distributed-memory parallel graph library offering a small but powerful set of linear algebra primitives specifically targeting graph analytics.
- The Combinatorial BLAS development influences the Graph BLAS standardization process.
- It achieves scalability via its two dimensional distribution and coarse-grained parallelism.
- CombBLAS powers HipMCL, a highly-scalable parallel implementation of the Markov Cluster Algorithm (MCL).
- Operations among sparse matrices and vectors use arbitrary user defined semirings.
This package provides development files for building client applications against combblas.
There are three methods to install libcombblas-dev on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcombblas-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 libcombblas-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcombblas-dev
Install libcombblas-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcombblas-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcombblas-dev
Install libcombblas-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 libcombblas-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcombblas-dev
How To Uninstall libcombblas-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libcombblas-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcombblas-dev
Uninstall libcombblas-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcombblas-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcombblas-dev
Remove libcombblas-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcombblas-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcombblas-dev
Remove libcombblas-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcombblas-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcombblas-dev
Dependencies
libcombblas-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcombblas-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.