How To Install libptl2 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptl2 on Ubuntu 22.04. libptl2 is parallel tasking library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptl2 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libptl2

libptl2 is:

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

There are three methods to install libptl2 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 libptl2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libptl2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libptl2

Install libptl2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libptl2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libptl2

Install libptl2 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 libptl2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libptl2

How To Uninstall libptl2 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libptl2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libptl2

Uninstall libptl2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libptl2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libptl2

Remove libptl2 Configurations and Data

To remove libptl2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libptl2

Remove libptl2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libptl2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libptl2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptl2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.