How to Install libptscotch-5.1 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libptscotch-5.1 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libptscotch-5.1 software package provides MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libptscotch-5.1 

libptscotch-5.1 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libptscotch-5.1 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libptscotch-5.1 *

You will get with libptscotch-5.1 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libptscotch-5.1 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Libraries
Package libptscotch-5.1
Version 5.1.12b.dfsg-2build1
Description MPI programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libptscotch-5.1 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?