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

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "scotch" package

This tutorial shows how to install scotch on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                scotch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "scotch" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall scotch on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: scotch
Priority: extra
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 1518
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2build4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libscotch-5.1
Filename: pool/universe/s/scotch/scotch_5.1.12b.dfsg-2build4_amd64.deb
Size: 124354
MD5sum: 25c9d6c7712044326285df551b49d12a
SHA1: fb198534ca814c1f1e666e3a9fa7f188ec38b6b4
SHA256: a8be06c7e25158a490bdeb7e7732a71e0487ae49c93440f658a5b752cfb61df0
Description-en: programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning
Its purpose is to apply graph theory, with a divide and conquer
approach, to scientific computing problems such as graph and mesh
partitioning, static mapping, and sparse matrix ordering, in
application domains ranging from structural mechanics to operating
systems or bio-chemistry.
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The SCOTCH distribution is a set of programs and libraries which
implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering algorithms
developed within the SCOTCH project.
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SCOTCH has many interesting features:
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o Its capabilities can be used through a set of stand-alone programs
as well as through the libSCOTCH library, which offers both C and
Fortran interfaces.
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o It provides algorithms to partition graph structures, as well as
mesh structures defined as node-element bipartite graphs and which
can also represent hypergraphs.
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o It can map any weighted source graph onto any weighted target
graph. The source and target graphs may have any topology, and their
vertices and edges may be weighted. Moreover, both source and target
graphs may be disconnected. This feature allows for the mapping of
programs onto disconnected subparts of a parallel architecture made
up of heterogeneous processors and communication links.
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o It computes amalgamated block orderings of sparse matrices, for
efficient solving using BLAS routines.
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o Its running time is linear in the number of edges of the source
graph, and logarithmic in the number of vertices of the target graph
for mapping computations.
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o It can handle indifferently graph and mesh data structures created
within C or Fortran programs, with array indices starting from 0 or
1.
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o It offers extended support for adaptive graphs and meshes through
the handling of disjoint edge arrays.
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o It is dynamically parametrizable thanks to strategy strings that
are interpreted at run-time.
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o It uses system memory efficiently, to process large graphs and
meshes without incurring out-of-memory faults;
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o It is highly modular and documented. Since it has been released
under the CeCILL-C free/libre software license, it can be used as a
testbed for the easy and quick development and testing of new
partitioning and ordering methods.
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o It can be easily interfaced to other programs. The programs
comprising the SCOTCH project have been designed to run in
command-line mode without any interactive prompting, so that they can
be called easily from other programs by means of system() or popen()
calls, or piped together on a single command line. Moreover, vertex
labeling capabilities allow for easy renumbering of vertices.
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o It provides many tools to build, check, and display graphs, meshes
and matrix patterns.
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o It is written in C and uses the POSIX interface, which makes it
highly portable. PT-SCOTCH uses the MPI interface, and optionally the
POSIX threads.
Description-md5: d5dd99189155213730a9476b716aea87
Homepage: http://www.labri.fr/perso/pelegrin/scotch/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu