How To Install libcmap-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmap-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libcmap-dev is cluster engine CMAP library development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmap-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcmap-dev

libcmap-dev 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 headers and other necessary files to build applications or libraries that use the Configuration Map library.

There are three methods to install libcmap-dev 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 libcmap-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcmap-dev

Install libcmap-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcmap-dev

Install libcmap-dev 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 libcmap-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcmap-dev

How To Uninstall libcmap-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcmap-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcmap-dev

Uninstall libcmap-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmap-dev

Remove libcmap-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcmap-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcmap-dev

Remove libcmap-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcmap-dev

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Summary

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