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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mpi-default-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mpi-default-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mpi-default-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mpi-default-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: mpi-defaults
Version: 1.4
Depends: libopenmpi-dev
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpi-defaults/mpi-default-dev_1.4_amd64.deb
Size: 4154
MD5sum: dfacc590f7594ea178478edcfde342f3
SHA1: e7b96d81363e91159776ad92faa6c5d61478fd54
SHA256: ea48326e3ed36e61daa68fceee54d61bffa3620716f95358367b8e8cfd5bb456
Description-en: Standard MPI development files (metapackage)
This metapackage depends on the development files of the recommended MPI
implementation for each platform, currently Open MPI on all of the platforms
where it exists, and MPICH on the others. The package which this depends on
has alternatives links for the shared libraries libmpi and libmpi++, and for
compilers mpicc, mpic++/mpicxx/mpiCC, mpif77 and mpi90 and their manpages.
Description-md5: 7e7b7421a9c4eaa0a9bf070941409acf
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu