How To Install libpmem1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem1 on Debian 11.
What is libpmem1
libpmem1 is:
libpmem provides low level persistent memory support. In particular, support for the persistent memory instructions for flushing changes to pmem is provided.
This library is provided for software which tracks every store to pmem and needs to flush those changes to durability. Most developers will find higher level libraries like libpmemobj to be much more convenient.
This package provides binary runtime for version 1 of the API.
There are three methods to install libpmem1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpmem1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpmem1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpmem1
Install libpmem1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpmem1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpmem1
Install libpmem1 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 libpmem1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpmem1
How To Uninstall libpmem1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libpmem1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpmem1
Uninstall libpmem1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpmem1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpmem1
Remove libpmem1 Configurations and Data
To remove libpmem1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpmem1
Remove libpmem1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpmem1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpmem1
Dependencies
libpmem1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
