How To Install python-libpfm4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libpfm4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libpfm4
python-libpfm4 is:
This package allows you to write simple Python scripts that monitor various hardware performance monitoring events. It may be more efficient to use this approach instead of parsing the output of other tools.
There are three methods to install python-libpfm4 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 python-libpfm4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libpfm4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libpfm4
Install python-libpfm4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libpfm4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libpfm4
Install python-libpfm4 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 python-libpfm4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libpfm4
How To Uninstall python-libpfm4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libpfm4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libpfm4
Uninstall python-libpfm4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libpfm4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libpfm4
Remove python-libpfm4 Configurations and Data
To remove python-libpfm4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libpfm4
Remove python-libpfm4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libpfm4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libpfm4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libpfm4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
