How To Install libvpoll0 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpoll0 on Ubuntu 22.04. libvpoll0 is generate synthetic events for poll/select/ppoll/pselect/epoll (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpoll0 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is `libvpoll0`

libvpoll0 is:

This library uses eventfd/VPOLL if provided by the kernel or the vpoll device otherwise it implements an emulator (providing only EPOLLIN, EPOLLOUT and a non standard version of EPOLLHUP/EPOLLRDHUP).

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libvpoll0 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 libvpoll0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvpoll0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvpoll0

Install libvpoll0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvpoll0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvpoll0

Install libvpoll0 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 libvpoll0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvpoll0

How To Uninstall libvpoll0 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libvpoll0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvpoll0

Uninstall libvpoll0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvpoll0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvpoll0

Remove libvpoll0 Configurations and Data

To remove libvpoll0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvpoll0

Remove libvpoll0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvpoll0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvpoll0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpoll0 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.