How to Install and Uninstall mpich Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "mpich" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mpich on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mpich
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mpich" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mpich on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mpich
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mpich package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: mpich
Version: 3.4.1-5~deb11u1
Installed-Size: 862
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libmpich1.0-dev (<< 3)
Depends: hwloc-nox | hwloc, libmpich12 (= 3.4.1-5~deb11u1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libslurm36 (>= 1.3.8)
Recommends: libmpich-dev (= 3.4.1-5~deb11u1)
Suggests: mpich-doc (= 3.4.1-5~deb11u1)
Breaks: libmpich1.0-dev (<< 3)
Description: Implementation of the MPI Message Passing Interface standard
Description-md5: 550bc2d5b82c8e4c056dee32a584fb1a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.mpich.org/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mpich/mpich_3.4.1-5~deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 219320
MD5sum: 78cf1b2bdd0c192316a6bad1977b0068
SHA256: f7f2140c1a3d447d798d4841fdba07d2819fad816a85b2088584bac0c60a0b8d