How To Install libjemalloc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjemalloc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjemalloc-dev
libjemalloc-dev is:
Files used for development with jemalloc. This package contains headers and documentation.
Jemalloc is a library providing a malloc(3) implementation for multi-threaded processes on multi-processor systems.
There are three methods to install libjemalloc-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 libjemalloc-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 libjemalloc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjemalloc-dev
Install libjemalloc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjemalloc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjemalloc-dev
Install libjemalloc-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 libjemalloc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjemalloc-dev
How To Uninstall libjemalloc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjemalloc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjemalloc-dev
Uninstall libjemalloc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjemalloc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjemalloc-dev
Remove libjemalloc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libjemalloc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjemalloc-dev
Remove libjemalloc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjemalloc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjemalloc-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjemalloc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
