How to Install ptscotch software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install ptscotch software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

ptscotch 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 ptscotch 

ptscotch is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ptscotch package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ptscotch *

You will get with ptscotch package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ptscotch package basic information:

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


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