How To Install libcpuset-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuset-dev on Debian 9.
What is libcpuset-dev
libcpuset-dev is:
Contains the header files and documentation for libcpuset for use in developing applications that use the libcpuset library.
The Cpuset System is a processor and memory placement mechanism that enables a system administrator to confine tasks to running on certain CPUs, and to allocating memory on certain Memory Nodes. The libcpuset library provides a convenient ‘C’ API to cpusets.
There are three methods to install libcpuset-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcpuset-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 libcpuset-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcpuset-dev
Install libcpuset-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpuset-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcpuset-dev
Install libcpuset-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpuset-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcpuset-dev
How To Uninstall libcpuset-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcpuset-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcpuset-dev
Uninstall libcpuset-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcpuset-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpuset-dev
Remove libcpuset-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcpuset-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcpuset-dev
Remove libcpuset-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcpuset-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpuset-dev
Dependencies
libcpuset-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuset-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.