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

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

libptscotch-dev 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-dev 

libptscotch-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libptscotch-dev package basic information:

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


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