How To Install libpcp-gui2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-gui2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpcp-gui2-dev
libpcp-gui2-dev is:
The libpcp-gui-dev package contains the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) library and header files needed to incorporate graphical time control (pmtime) into a monitoring application.
The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.
There are three methods to install libpcp-gui2-dev 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 libpcp-gui2-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-gui2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcp-gui2-dev
Install libpcp-gui2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-gui2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcp-gui2-dev
Install libpcp-gui2-dev 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 libpcp-gui2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcp-gui2-dev
How To Uninstall libpcp-gui2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpcp-gui2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcp-gui2-dev
Uninstall libpcp-gui2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcp-gui2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp-gui2-dev
Remove libpcp-gui2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpcp-gui2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp-gui2-dev
Remove libpcp-gui2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcp-gui2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp-gui2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-gui2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
