How To Install libmm14 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmm14 on Ubuntu 18.04. libmm14 is Shared memory library - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmm14 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmm14

libmm14 is:

OSSP mm is a two layer abstraction library which simplifies the use of shared memory between forked (and therefore closely related) processes. It hides all platform-dependent aspects of the process from the user and provides a malloc(3)-style API.

This package contains the runtime libraries required to run programs dynamically linked against mm.

There are three methods to install libmm14 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 libmm14 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmm14 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmm14

Install libmm14 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmm14 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmm14

Install libmm14 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 libmm14 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmm14

How To Uninstall libmm14 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmm14 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmm14

Uninstall libmm14 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmm14 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmm14

Remove libmm14 Configurations and Data

To remove libmm14 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmm14

Remove libmm14 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmm14 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmm14

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmm14 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.