How To Install libpcp3 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp3 on Debian 10.
What is libpcp3
libpcp3 is:
The libpcp package contains the runtime environment required by programs that make use of Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) services.
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 libpcp3 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpcp3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcp3
Install libpcp3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcp3
Install libpcp3 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcp3
How To Uninstall libpcp3 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libpcp3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcp3
Uninstall libpcp3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcp3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp3
Remove libpcp3 Configurations and Data
To remove libpcp3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp3
Remove libpcp3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcp3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp3
Dependencies
libpcp3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.