How To Install libbenchmark-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbenchmark-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libbenchmark-tools
libbenchmark-tools is:
Library to support the benchmarking of functions, similar to unit-tests.
This package contains tools and documentation.
There are three methods to install libbenchmark-tools 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 libbenchmark-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbenchmark-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbenchmark-tools
Install libbenchmark-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbenchmark-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbenchmark-tools
Install libbenchmark-tools 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 libbenchmark-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbenchmark-tools
How To Uninstall libbenchmark-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libbenchmark-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbenchmark-tools
Uninstall libbenchmark-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbenchmark-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbenchmark-tools
Remove libbenchmark-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libbenchmark-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbenchmark-tools
Remove libbenchmark-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbenchmark-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbenchmark-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbenchmark-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
