How To Install libheartbeat2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libheartbeat2 on Debian 10.
What is libheartbeat2
libheartbeat2 is:
heartbeat is a messaging subsystem for high availability which implements serial, UDP, and PPP/UDP heartbeats.
It is one of the messaging layers supported by the Pacemaker cluster resource manager.
This package contains the Heartbeat libraries to make them available to other programs like Pacemaker without having to install the whole Heartbeat suite.
There are three methods to install libheartbeat2 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libheartbeat2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libheartbeat2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libheartbeat2
Install libheartbeat2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libheartbeat2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libheartbeat2
Install libheartbeat2 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 libheartbeat2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libheartbeat2
How To Uninstall libheartbeat2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libheartbeat2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libheartbeat2
Uninstall libheartbeat2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libheartbeat2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libheartbeat2
Remove libheartbeat2 Configurations and Data
To remove libheartbeat2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libheartbeat2
Remove libheartbeat2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libheartbeat2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libheartbeat2
Dependencies
libheartbeat2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libheartbeat2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.