How To Install libpmemcto1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemcto1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04. libpmemcto1-debug is Persistent Memory allocator cto library - debug build

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemcto1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpmemcto1-debug

libpmemcto1-debug is:

The libpmemcto library is a persistent memory allocator providing malloc-like interfaces, with no overhead imposed by run-time flushing or transactional updates. An overhead is imposed only when program exits normally and have to flush the pool contents.

NOTE: This is an experimental API and should not be used in production environments.

This package contains a special build of this library meant for debugging purposes. It contains extra logging, assertions and expensive checks that should not be used otherwise.

There are three methods to install libpmemcto1-debug 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 libpmemcto1-debug Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpmemcto1-debug using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpmemcto1-debug

Install libpmemcto1-debug Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpmemcto1-debug using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpmemcto1-debug

Install libpmemcto1-debug 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 libpmemcto1-debug using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpmemcto1-debug

How To Uninstall libpmemcto1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpmemcto1-debug package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpmemcto1-debug

Uninstall libpmemcto1-debug And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpmemcto1-debug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpmemcto1-debug

Remove libpmemcto1-debug Configurations and Data

To remove libpmemcto1-debug configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpmemcto1-debug

Remove libpmemcto1-debug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpmemcto1-debug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpmemcto1-debug

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemcto1-debug package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.