How To Install libdmalloc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdmalloc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdmalloc-dev
libdmalloc-dev is:
Drop in replacement for the system’s
malloc',realloc’,calloc',free’ and other memory management routines while providing powerful debugging facilities configurable at runtime.
These facilities include such things as memory-leak tracking, fence-post write detection, file/line number reporting, and general logging of statistics.
This package contains the static libraries and documentation.
There are three methods to install libdmalloc-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 libdmalloc-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 libdmalloc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdmalloc-dev
Install libdmalloc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdmalloc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdmalloc-dev
Install libdmalloc-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 libdmalloc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdmalloc-dev
How To Uninstall libdmalloc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdmalloc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdmalloc-dev
Uninstall libdmalloc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdmalloc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdmalloc-dev
Remove libdmalloc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdmalloc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdmalloc-dev
Remove libdmalloc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdmalloc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdmalloc-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdmalloc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
