How to Install and Uninstall mpich Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "mpich" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mpich on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall mpich on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mpich
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 786
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2-6build1
Replaces: mpich-bin, mpich2
Depends: hwloc-nox | hwloc, libmpich12 (= 3.2-6build1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcr0 (>= 0.8.2), libhwloc5 (>= 1.11.2)
Recommends: libmpich-dev (= 3.2-6build1)
Suggests: blcr-util, mpich-doc (= 3.2-6build1)
Breaks: mpich-bin, mpich2
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpich/mpich_3.2-6build1_amd64.deb
Size: 197020
MD5sum: eff078a653344bfc609ffdfb1762e557
SHA1: f931ab089a39342351ae8d2194cfa2e9c3210597
SHA256: 21a7e490354cd9e86a625f8cb34204cb5ed950811ed6c5d929e8ab60b932daa1
Description-en: Implementation of the MPI Message Passing Interface standard
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 program binaries necessary to run MPICH programs.
Description-md5: 522787380afc2635607cab37927898c8
Homepage: http://www.mpich.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu