How To Install libcr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcr-dev
libcr-dev is:
BLCR (Berkeley Lab Checkpoint/Restart) allows programs running on Linux to be “checkpointed” (written entirely to a file), and then later “restarted”.
BLCR can checkpoint both single- and multithreaded (pthreads) programs linked with the NPTL implementation of pthreads. BLCR is also able to save and restore groups of related processes together with the pipes that connect them.
BLCR can checkpoint and restore (most) un-modified programs, however BLCR aware applications can customise this process further.
This package contains headers and files needed to compile applications that work with BLCR.
There are three methods to install libcr-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 libcr-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 libcr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcr-dev
Install libcr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcr-dev
Install libcr-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 libcr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcr-dev
How To Uninstall libcr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcr-dev
Uninstall libcr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcr-dev
Remove libcr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcr-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcr-dev
Remove libcr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcr-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcr-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
