How To Install liblrm2 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblrm2 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblrm2 is Reusable cluster libraries – liblrm2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblrm2 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblrm2

liblrm2 is:

This package contains the lrm helper library from cluster-glue, the reusable cluster components package.

If you want to use the pacemaker cluster manager, than you want to install this package.

There are three methods to install liblrm2 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 liblrm2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblrm2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblrm2

Install liblrm2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblrm2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblrm2

Install liblrm2 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 liblrm2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblrm2

How To Uninstall liblrm2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblrm2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblrm2

Uninstall liblrm2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblrm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblrm2

Remove liblrm2 Configurations and Data

To remove liblrm2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblrm2

Remove liblrm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblrm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblrm2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblrm2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.