How To Install xenomai-kernel-source on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xenomai-kernel-source on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xenomai-kernel-source
xenomai-kernel-source is:
Xenomai is a real-time development framework cooperating with the Linux kernel in order to provide a pervasive, interface-agnostic, hard real-time support to user-space applications, seamlessly integrated into the GNU/Linux environment. Xenomai provides its own API and emulation layers (“skins”) to make migration from other RTOS easier. Examples are: pSOS+, VxWorks, VRTX, uiTRON, RTAI, POSIX.
This package contains patches for 2.6 series kernels - These are intended for use with kernel-package and a virgin Linux source tree. Note: These patches include the base adeos-ipipe patch along with all the additional material normally added by the prepare-kernel.sh script.
This package contains the following patches:
There are three methods to install xenomai-kernel-source on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xenomai-kernel-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xenomai-kernel-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xenomai-kernel-source
Install xenomai-kernel-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xenomai-kernel-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xenomai-kernel-source
Install xenomai-kernel-source 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 xenomai-kernel-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xenomai-kernel-source
How To Uninstall xenomai-kernel-source on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xenomai-kernel-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xenomai-kernel-source
Uninstall xenomai-kernel-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xenomai-kernel-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xenomai-kernel-source
Remove xenomai-kernel-source Configurations and Data
To remove xenomai-kernel-source configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xenomai-kernel-source
Remove xenomai-kernel-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xenomai-kernel-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xenomai-kernel-source
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xenomai-kernel-source package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
