How To Install libpcp3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpcp3-dev
libpcp3-dev is:
The libpcp-dev package contains the base Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) library and header files needed to develop collector and monitor programs which make use of 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-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 libpcp3-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 libpcp3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcp3-dev
Install libpcp3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcp3-dev
Install libpcp3-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 libpcp3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcp3-dev
How To Uninstall libpcp3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpcp3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcp3-dev
Uninstall libpcp3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcp3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp3-dev
Remove libpcp3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpcp3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp3-dev
Remove libpcp3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcp3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp3-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
