How To Install libcr0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcr0 on Debian 9. libcr0 is Libraries to Checkpoint and Restart Linux processes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcr0 on Debian 9.

What is libcr0

libcr0 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.

This package contains the libraries needed to by programs to use BLCR.

There are three methods to install libcr0 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 libcr0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcr0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcr0

Install libcr0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcr0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcr0

Install libcr0 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 libcr0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcr0

How To Uninstall libcr0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcr0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcr0

Uninstall libcr0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcr0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcr0

Remove libcr0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcr0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcr0

Remove libcr0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcr0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcr0

Dependencies

libcr0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcr0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.