How to Install and Uninstall python3-mpi4py Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the python3-mpi4py on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "python3-mpi4py" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install python3-mpi4py on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python3-mpi4py" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall python3-mpi4py on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3-mpi4py package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: python3-mpi4py
Source: mpi4py (3.1.4-2)
Version: 3.1.4-2+b2
Installed-Size: 1788
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libopenmpi3 (>= 4.1.4), python3 (<< 3.12), python3 (>= 3.11~), python3:any, mpi-default-bin
Suggests: python3-numpy
Description: bindings of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard
Description-md5: df56770de9e33454460005eda8d75b21
Homepage: https://github.com/mpi4py/mpi4py
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mpi4py/python3-mpi4py_3.1.4-2+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 431984
MD5sum: 9727d923efe0438be4ba772920da7bc3
SHA256: 517079a3889e38c780cf168bd4c32c7cca3d3d121478e57cc78d579a09806aa7