How To Install libpmem-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpmem-dev
libpmem-dev is:
libpmem provides low level persistent memory support. In particular, support for the persistent memory instructions for flushing changes to pmem is provided.
This package contains libraries and header files used for linking programs against libpmem.
There are three methods to install libpmem-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 libpmem-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 libpmem-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpmem-dev
Install libpmem-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpmem-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpmem-dev
Install libpmem-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 libpmem-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpmem-dev
How To Uninstall libpmem-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpmem-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpmem-dev
Uninstall libpmem-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpmem-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpmem-dev
Remove libpmem-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpmem-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpmem-dev
Remove libpmem-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpmem-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpmem-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
