How To Install libatomic1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libatomic1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libatomic1
libatomic1 is:
library providing __atomic built-in functions. When an atomic call cannot be turned into lock-free instructions, GCC will make calls into this library. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
Package: libatomic1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 45 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10/libatomic1_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9284 MD5sum: eca66149e705475ebc34ae06da3f8549 SHA1: 77eb80fb430fc86f672c5cc5f77d2eb50d8c6caa SHA256: 38ad154ad6f4a76030bc3cb5522b23bf871cb9cc772fd9d7c0cad00815b9dbc7 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: support library providing __atomic built-in functions library providing __atomic built-in functions. When an atomic call cannot be turned into lock-free instructions, GCC will make calls into this library. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
There are three methods to install libatomic1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libatomic1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libatomic1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libatomic1
Install libatomic1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libatomic1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libatomic1
Install libatomic1 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libatomic1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libatomic1
How To Uninstall libatomic1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libatomic1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libatomic1
Uninstall libatomic1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libatomic1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libatomic1
Remove libatomic1 Configurations and Data
To remove libatomic1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libatomic1
Remove libatomic1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libatomic1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libatomic1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libatomic1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
