How To Install liblitl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblitl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. liblitl-dev is Lightweight Trace Library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblitl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblitl-dev

liblitl-dev is:

LiTL is a lightweight tool for recording events during the execution of scientific high-performance applications.

This package contains files for developments with litl.

There are three methods to install liblitl-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 liblitl-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 liblitl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblitl-dev

Install liblitl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblitl-dev

Install liblitl-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 liblitl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblitl-dev

How To Uninstall liblitl-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblitl-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblitl-dev

Uninstall liblitl-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblitl-dev

Remove liblitl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblitl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblitl-dev

Remove liblitl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblitl-dev

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Summary

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