How To Install libptl-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptl-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libptl-dev is parallel tasking library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptl-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libptl-dev

libptl-dev is:

PTL is a lightweight C++11 multithreading tasking system featuring a thread-pool, task-groups, and a lock-free task queue.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libptl-dev 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 libptl-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libptl-dev

Install libptl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libptl-dev

Install libptl-dev 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 libptl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libptl-dev

How To Uninstall libptl-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libptl-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libptl-dev

Uninstall libptl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libptl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libptl-dev

Remove libptl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libptl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libptl-dev

Remove libptl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libptl-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptl-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.