How to Install and Uninstall libmpich-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libmpich-dev" package

Learn how to install libmpich-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmpich-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmpich-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libmpich-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmpich-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmpich-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmpich-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 8132
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: mpich
Version: 3.2-6build1
Replaces: libmpich1.0-dev, libmpich2-dev, libmpl-dev, libopa-dev
Depends: gfortran, g++, libcr-dev, libmpich12 (= 3.2-6build1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcr0 (>= 0.8.2)
Recommends: mpich (= 3.2-6build1)
Breaks: libmpich1.0-dev, libmpich2-dev, libmpl-dev, libopa-dev
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpich/libmpich-dev_3.2-6build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1193446
MD5sum: d451644b9ca722645ee2c9d2d030dbf0
SHA1: 6af82a54dd931ae88ef6a2d3f0d5eaed4794ed7e
SHA256: 4c00308c7d063d49fd4fb433153d5b0bfa71421993e34c61416918d5fc80169c
Description-en: Development files for MPICH
MPICH is a high-performance and widely portable implementation of the
Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard (both MPI-1 and MPI-2). It
efficiently supports different computation and communication platforms
including commodity clusters, SMPs, massively parallel systems, and
high-speed networks.
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This package includes the MPICH headers and static libraries, as well
as the compiler wrappers needed to build MPICH programs.
Description-md5: 3c6557ee2e0f267fcc0f7b3491d99d3c
Homepage: http://www.mpich.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu