How To Install libipmctl4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmctl4
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libipmctl4
libipmctl4 is:
This package provides an API for the following functionality:
- Discover PMMs on the platform.
- Provision the platform memory configuration.
- View and update the firmware on PMMs.
- Configure data-at-rest security on PMMs.
- Monitor PMM health.
- Track performance of PMMs.
- Debug and troubleshoot PMMs
This package contains runtime library and common conf files.
There are three methods to install libipmctl4
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 libipmctl4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmctl4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libipmctl4
Install libipmctl4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libipmctl4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libipmctl4
Install libipmctl4 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 libipmctl4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libipmctl4
How To Uninstall libipmctl4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libipmctl4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libipmctl4
Uninstall libipmctl4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libipmctl4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipmctl4
Remove libipmctl4 Configurations and Data
To remove libipmctl4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libipmctl4
Remove libipmctl4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libipmctl4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipmctl4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipmctl4
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.