How To Install libscalapack-openmpi2.1 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 libscalapack-openmpi2.1 on Ubuntu.

What is `libscalapack-openmpi2.1`

libscalapack-openmpi2.1 is:

ScaLAPACK is the parallel version of LAPACK used on clusters.

There are packages for the shared libraries (this one), for the static libraries and the development files and for test programs.

Also included:

PBLAS, Parallel Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
BLACS, Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms

This package supports the OpenMPI implementation of MPI.

There are three methods to install libscalapack-openmpi2.1 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 libscalapack-openmpi2.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libscalapack-openmpi2.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscalapack-openmpi2.1

Install libscalapack-openmpi2.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libscalapack-openmpi2.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libscalapack-openmpi2.1

Install libscalapack-openmpi2.1 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 libscalapack-openmpi2.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscalapack-openmpi2.1

How To Uninstall libscalapack-openmpi2.1 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libscalapack-openmpi2.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libscalapack-openmpi2.1

Uninstall libscalapack-openmpi2.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libscalapack-openmpi2.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscalapack-openmpi2.1

Remove libscalapack-openmpi2.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libscalapack-openmpi2.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libscalapack-openmpi2.1

Remove libscalapack-openmpi2.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libscalapack-openmpi2.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscalapack-openmpi2.1

Dependencies

libscalapack-openmpi2.1 have the following dependencies:

References

libscalapack-openmpi2.1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscalapack-openmpi2.1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.