How To Install liblz4-1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblz4-1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. liblz4-1-dbg is Fast LZ compression algorithm library - Debugging Symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblz4-1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblz4-1-dbg

liblz4-1-dbg is:

LZ4 is a very fast lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-cores CPU. It also features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install liblz4-1-dbg 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 liblz4-1-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblz4-1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblz4-1-dbg

Install liblz4-1-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblz4-1-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblz4-1-dbg

Install liblz4-1-dbg 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 liblz4-1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblz4-1-dbg

How To Uninstall liblz4-1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblz4-1-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblz4-1-dbg

Uninstall liblz4-1-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblz4-1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblz4-1-dbg

Remove liblz4-1-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove liblz4-1-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblz4-1-dbg

Remove liblz4-1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblz4-1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblz4-1-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblz4-1-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.