How To Install libfxt1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxt1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libfxt1 is Multithreaded tracing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxt1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libfxt1

libfxt1 is:

FxT is a library and associated tools that can be used to analyze the performance of multithreaded programs which can potentially use a hybrid thread scheduler (i.e. a user-level scheduler on top of a kernel-level one). The Marcel thread library can take full profit from this library.

FxT is based on the offline analysis of traces (sequence of events recorded at run time).

This package contains shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libfxt1 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 libfxt1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfxt1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfxt1

Install libfxt1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfxt1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfxt1

Install libfxt1 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 libfxt1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfxt1

How To Uninstall libfxt1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libfxt1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfxt1

Uninstall libfxt1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfxt1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfxt1

Remove libfxt1 Configurations and Data

To remove libfxt1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfxt1

Remove libfxt1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfxt1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfxt1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxt1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.