How To Install libdpm1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpm1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libdpm1 is Disk Pool Manager (DPM) libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpm1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libdpm1

libdpm1 is:

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package contains the runtime DPM client library.

There are three methods to install libdpm1 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 libdpm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdpm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdpm1

Install libdpm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdpm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdpm1

Install libdpm1 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 libdpm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdpm1

How To Uninstall libdpm1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libdpm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdpm1

Uninstall libdpm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdpm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdpm1

Remove libdpm1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdpm1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdpm1

Remove libdpm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdpm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdpm1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpm1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.