How To Install libmemcached-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmemcached-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libmemcached-dbg is Debug Symbols for libmemcached

Introduction

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

What is libmemcached-dbg

libmemcached-dbg is:

libmemcached is a C and C++ client library to the memcached server (http://memcached.org/). It has been designed to be light on memory usage, thread safe, and provide full access to server side methods.

A few notes on its design:

  • Synchronous and Asynchronous support.
  • Access to large object support.
  • Local replication.
  • TCP and Unix Socket protocols.
  • A half dozen or so different tuneable hash algorithms.
  • Implementations of the new cas, replace, and append operators.
  • Man pages written up on entire API.
  • Implements both modulo and consistent hashing solutions.
  • Tools to Manage your Memcached networks.

This package provides debug symbols.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmemcached-dbg

Install libmemcached-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmemcached-dbg

Install libmemcached-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 libmemcached-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmemcached-dbg

How To Uninstall libmemcached-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libmemcached-dbg

Uninstall libmemcached-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmemcached-dbg

Remove libmemcached-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmemcached-dbg

Remove libmemcached-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmemcached-dbg

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Summary

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