How To Install libmm-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmm-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmm-dbg
libmm-dbg is:
OSSP mm is a two layer abstraction library which simplifies the use of shared memory between forked (and therefore closely related) processes. It hides all platform-dependent aspects of the process from the user and provides a malloc(3)-style API.
This package contains debugging symbols for the library to aid debugging of programs that use it.
There are three methods to install libmm-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmm-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmm-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmm-dbg
Install libmm-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmm-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmm-dbg
Install libmm-dbg 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 libmm-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmm-dbg
How To Uninstall libmm-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmm-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmm-dbg
Uninstall libmm-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmm-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmm-dbg
Remove libmm-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libmm-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmm-dbg
Remove libmm-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmm-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmm-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmm-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
