How To Install libheartbeat2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libheartbeat2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libheartbeat2-dev
libheartbeat2-dev 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 library development files to make them available to other programs like Pacemaker.
There are three methods to install libheartbeat2-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 libheartbeat2-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 libheartbeat2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libheartbeat2-dev
Install libheartbeat2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libheartbeat2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libheartbeat2-dev
Install libheartbeat2-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 libheartbeat2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libheartbeat2-dev
How To Uninstall libheartbeat2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libheartbeat2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libheartbeat2-dev
Uninstall libheartbeat2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libheartbeat2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libheartbeat2-dev
Remove libheartbeat2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libheartbeat2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libheartbeat2-dev
Remove libheartbeat2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libheartbeat2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libheartbeat2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libheartbeat2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
