How To Install libgoogle-perftools4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-perftools4
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgoogle-perftools4
libgoogle-perftools4 is:
The gperftools, previously called google-perftools, package contains some utilities to improve and analyze the performance of C++ programs. This includes the full features: an optimized thread-caching malloc() and cpu and heap profiling utilities.
There are three methods to install libgoogle-perftools4
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 libgoogle-perftools4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgoogle-perftools4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgoogle-perftools4
Install libgoogle-perftools4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgoogle-perftools4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgoogle-perftools4
Install libgoogle-perftools4 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 libgoogle-perftools4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgoogle-perftools4
How To Uninstall libgoogle-perftools4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgoogle-perftools4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgoogle-perftools4
Uninstall libgoogle-perftools4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgoogle-perftools4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgoogle-perftools4
Remove libgoogle-perftools4 Configurations and Data
To remove libgoogle-perftools4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgoogle-perftools4
Remove libgoogle-perftools4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgoogle-perftools4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgoogle-perftools4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-perftools4
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.