How To Install libcorosync-common4 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcorosync-common4 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcorosync-common4 is cluster engine common library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcorosync-common4 on Debian 10.

What is libcorosync-common4

libcorosync-common4 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 Corosync common library.

There are three methods to install libcorosync-common4 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcorosync-common4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcorosync-common4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcorosync-common4

Install libcorosync-common4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcorosync-common4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcorosync-common4

Install libcorosync-common4 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcorosync-common4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcorosync-common4

How To Uninstall libcorosync-common4 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcorosync-common4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcorosync-common4

Uninstall libcorosync-common4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcorosync-common4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcorosync-common4

Remove libcorosync-common4 Configurations and Data

To remove libcorosync-common4 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcorosync-common4

Remove libcorosync-common4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcorosync-common4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcorosync-common4

Dependencies

libcorosync-common4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcorosync-common4 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.