How To Install libcpuid16 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuid16 on Debian 12.
What is libcpuid16
libcpuid16 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 libcpuid16 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcpuid16 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpuid16 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcpuid16
Install libcpuid16 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpuid16 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcpuid16
Install libcpuid16 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpuid16 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcpuid16
How To Uninstall libcpuid16 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcpuid16 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcpuid16
Uninstall libcpuid16 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcpuid16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpuid16
Remove libcpuid16 Configurations and Data
To remove libcpuid16 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcpuid16
Remove libcpuid16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcpuid16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpuid16
Dependencies
libcpuid16 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuid16 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
