How To Install libcfg6 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfg6 on Ubuntu 18.04. libcfg6 is cluster engine CFG library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfg6 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcfg6

libcfg6 is:

The Corosync Cluster Engine is a Group Communication System with additional features for implementing high availability within applications. The project provides four C Application Programming Interface features:

  • A closed process group communication model with virtual synchrony guarantees for creating replicated state machines.
  • A simple availability manager that restarts the application process when it has failed.
  • A configuration and statistics in-memory database that provide the ability to set, retrieve, and receive change notifications of information.
  • A quorum system that notifies applications when quorum is achieved or lost.

This package contains the CFG library.

There are three methods to install libcfg6 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 libcfg6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcfg6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcfg6

Install libcfg6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcfg6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcfg6

Install libcfg6 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 libcfg6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcfg6

How To Uninstall libcfg6 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcfg6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcfg6

Uninstall libcfg6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcfg6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfg6

Remove libcfg6 Configurations and Data

To remove libcfg6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcfg6

Remove libcfg6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcfg6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfg6

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfg6 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.