How To Install libmpx2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpx2-dbg
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmpx2-dbg
libmpx2-dbg is:
Intel MPX is a set of processor features which, with compiler, runtime library and OS support, brings increased robustness to software by checking pointer references whose compile time normal intentions are usurped at runtime due to buffer overflow.
There are three methods to install libmpx2-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 libmpx2-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 libmpx2-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpx2-dbg
Install libmpx2-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpx2-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpx2-dbg
Install libmpx2-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 libmpx2-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpx2-dbg
How To Uninstall libmpx2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmpx2-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpx2-dbg
Uninstall libmpx2-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpx2-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpx2-dbg
Remove libmpx2-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libmpx2-dbg
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpx2-dbg
Remove libmpx2-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpx2-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpx2-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpx2-dbg
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.