How to Install and Uninstall mpich Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "mpich" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mpich on openSUSE Leap

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install mpich

2. Uninstall "mpich" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall mpich on openSUSE Leap:

$ sudo zypper remove mpich

3. Information about the mpich package on openSUSE Leap

Information for package mpich:
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Repository : Main Repository
Name : mpich
Version : 4.0.2-150500.1.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : SUSE LLC
Installed Size : 42.4 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : mpich-4.0.2-150500.1.2.src
Upstream URL : http://www.mpich.org/
Summary : High-performance and widely portable implementation of MPI
Description :
MPICH is a high performance and widely portable implementation of the Message
Passing Interface (MPI) standard.
The goals of MPICH are:
* to provide an MPI implementation that efficiently supports different
computation and communication platforms including commodity clusters
(desktop systems, shared-memory systems, multicore architectures),
high-speed networks and proprietary high-end computing systems
(Blue Gene, Cray)
* to enable cutting-edge research in MPI through an easy-to-extend modular
framework for other derived implementations