How To Install libhugetlbfs0 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libhugetlbfs0 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libhugetlbfs0 is Preload library to back program memory with hugepages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhugetlbfs0 on Debian 10.

What is libhugetlbfs0

libhugetlbfs0 is:

libhugetlbfs is a library which provides easy access to huge pages of memory. It is a wrapper for the hugetlbfs file system. Applications can use huge pages to fulfill malloc() requests without being recompiled by using LD_PRELOAD. Alternatively, applications can be linked against libhugetlbfs without source modifications to load text or BSS or BSS, data, and text segments into large pages. The library also comes with several userspace tools to help with huge page usability, environment setup, and control.

There are three methods to install libhugetlbfs0 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhugetlbfs0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhugetlbfs0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhugetlbfs0

Install libhugetlbfs0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhugetlbfs0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhugetlbfs0

Install libhugetlbfs0 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 libhugetlbfs0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhugetlbfs0

How To Uninstall libhugetlbfs0 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libhugetlbfs0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhugetlbfs0

Uninstall libhugetlbfs0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhugetlbfs0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhugetlbfs0

Remove libhugetlbfs0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhugetlbfs0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhugetlbfs0

Remove libhugetlbfs0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhugetlbfs0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhugetlbfs0

Dependencies

libhugetlbfs0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhugetlbfs0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.