How To Install hydra_nameserver on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install mpich

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is hydra_nameserver and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install hydra_nameserver on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install hydra_nameserver using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install hydra_nameserver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mpich

Install hydra_nameserver using apt

Because hydra_nameserver is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install hydra_nameserver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mpich

Install hydra_nameserver using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install hydra_nameserver by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpich

How to upgrade (update) a single package hydra_nameserver using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the hydra_nameserver, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install mpich

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install mpich

How To Uninstall hydra_nameserver from Debian 11

To uninstall only the hydra_nameserver package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mpich

Uninstall hydra_nameserver and all its dependencies

To uninstall hydra_nameserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpich

Remove hydra_nameserver with all configurations and data

To remove hydra_nameserver configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpich

Remove hydra_nameserver completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to hydra_nameserver package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpich

Extra info and code examples

MPICH is a high-performance and widely portable implementation of the MPI-3.1 standard from the Argonne National Laboratory. It efficiently supports different computation and communication platforms including commodity clusters, SMPs, massively parallel systems, and high-speed networks. This release has all MPI 3.1 functions and features required by the standard with the exception of support for the "external32" portable I/O format and user-defined data representations for I/O. This package includes the program binaries necessary to run MPICH programs.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install hydra_nameserver using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the hydra_nameserver from Debian 11.

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