How To Install libitm1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libitm1 on Debian 9. libitm1 is GNU Transactional Memory Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libitm1 on Debian 9.

What is libitm1

libitm1 is:

GNU Transactional Memory Library (libitm) provides transaction support for accesses to the memory of a process, enabling easy-to-use synchronization of accesses to shared memory by several threads.

There are three methods to install libitm1 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 libitm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libitm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libitm1

Install libitm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libitm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libitm1

Install libitm1 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 libitm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libitm1

How To Uninstall libitm1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libitm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libitm1

Uninstall libitm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libitm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libitm1

Remove libitm1 Configurations and Data

To remove libitm1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libitm1

Remove libitm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libitm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libitm1

Dependencies

libitm1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libitm1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.