How to Install and Uninstall libboost-mpi-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "libboost-mpi-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libboost-mpi-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libboost-mpi-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libboost-mpi-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libboost-mpi-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libboost-mpi-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libboost-mpi-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libboost-mpi-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.74.0.3ubuntu5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: boost-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Boost Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11
Depends: libboost-mpi1.74-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-mpi-dev_1.74.0.3ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 3428
MD5sum: b1c297a4dcb0c4fc4d6c8ac81ad0b0b4
SHA1: a83f0e681902d5ab3e6667910732fe1dc01c1b64
SHA256: 762e72b9d4ea713f3dc7e5d522d7cfe89f151f4e8b65fe29c2209e91e4ddd371
SHA512: ff4b2ef2aef405a4acf051644a0f960ff9a6bf0978a72a26f7b758e911d042a50d76de18f19c351711e086fa13d775f68f6462a8f9cd4f0d8e6ff262aa3a6ad2
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/doc/html/mpi.html
Description-en: C++ interface to the Message Passing Interface (MPI) (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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The Boost.MPI library provides a C++ interface to MPI that
supports modern C++ development styles, including complete support for
user-defined data types and C++ Standard Library types, arbitrary function
objects for collective algorithms, and the use of modern C++ library
techniques to maintain maximal efficiency.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.74).
Description-md5: 1337a882e1e52953d8a38ca7da27f20f