How To Install liblcgdm1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcgdm1 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblcgdm1 is LHC Computing Grid Data Management common libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcgdm1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblcgdm1

liblcgdm1 is:

This package contains common libraries for the LCG Data Management components: the LFC (LCG File Catalog) and the DPM (Disk Pool Manager).

There are three methods to install liblcgdm1 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 liblcgdm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblcgdm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblcgdm1

Install liblcgdm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblcgdm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblcgdm1

Install liblcgdm1 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 liblcgdm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblcgdm1

How To Uninstall liblcgdm1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblcgdm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblcgdm1

Uninstall liblcgdm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblcgdm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblcgdm1

Remove liblcgdm1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblcgdm1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblcgdm1

Remove liblcgdm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblcgdm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblcgdm1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcgdm1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.