How To Install liblam4 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 liblam4 on Ubuntu.
What is liblam4
liblam4 is:
LAM (Local Area Multicomputer) is an open source implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard.
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install liblam4 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 liblam4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblam4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblam4
Install liblam4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblam4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblam4
Install liblam4 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 liblam4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblam4
How To Uninstall liblam4 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the liblam4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblam4
Uninstall liblam4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblam4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblam4
Remove liblam4 Configurations and Data
To remove liblam4 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblam4
Remove liblam4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblam4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblam4
Dependencies
liblam4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblam4 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.