How To Install libpmem1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem1 on Kali Linux. libpmem1 is Persistent Memory low level support library, v1 runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmem1 on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpmem1

Remove libpmem1 Configurations and Data

To remove libpmem1 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.