How To Install libcpuid14 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuid14 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcpuid14
libcpuid14 is:
libcpuid is a small C library for x86 CPU detection and feature extraction. Using it, you can:
- get the processor vendor, model, brand string, code name,
- get information about CPU features such as: number of cores or logical
CPUs, cache sizes, CPU clock,
- check if the processor implements a specific instruction set such as
the SSE2, 3DNow!,
- execute the CPUID and RDTSC instructions (portably!)
This package ships the libcpuid shared library.
There are three methods to install libcpuid14 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 libcpuid14 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpuid14 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcpuid14
Install libcpuid14 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpuid14 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcpuid14
Install libcpuid14 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 libcpuid14 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcpuid14
How To Uninstall libcpuid14 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcpuid14 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcpuid14
Uninstall libcpuid14 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcpuid14 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpuid14
Remove libcpuid14 Configurations and Data
To remove libcpuid14 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcpuid14
Remove libcpuid14 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcpuid14 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpuid14
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuid14 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
