How To Install libpapi6.0 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpapi6.0 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libpapi6.0
libpapi6.0 is:
Performance Application Programming Interface (PAPI) provides the tool designer and application engineer with a consistent interface and methodology for use of the performance counter hardware found in most major microprocessors. PAPI enables software engineers to see, in near real time, the relation between software performance and processor events.
In addition Component PAPI provides access to a collection of components that expose performance measurement opportunites across the hardware and software stack.
Accessing performance counters from userspace may require reducing the paranoia level in /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid, see README.Debian for details.
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libpapi6.0 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpapi6.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpapi6.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpapi6.0
Install libpapi6.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpapi6.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpapi6.0
Install libpapi6.0 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 libpapi6.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpapi6.0
How To Uninstall libpapi6.0 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libpapi6.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpapi6.0
Uninstall libpapi6.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpapi6.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpapi6.0
Remove libpapi6.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libpapi6.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpapi6.0
Remove libpapi6.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpapi6.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpapi6.0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpapi6.0 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
