How To Install libpmemlog1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemlog1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04. libpmemlog1-debug is Persistent Memory log file support library - debug build

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemlog1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpmemlog1-debug

libpmemlog1-debug is:

libpmemlog implements a pmem-resident log file.

This library is provided for cases requiring an append-mostly file to record variable length entries. Most developers will find higher level libraries like libpmemobj to be more generally useful.

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 libpmemlog1-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 libpmemlog1-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 libpmemlog1-debug using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpmemlog1-debug

Install libpmemlog1-debug Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpmemlog1-debug using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpmemlog1-debug

Install libpmemlog1-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 libpmemlog1-debug using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpmemlog1-debug

How To Uninstall libpmemlog1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpmemlog1-debug package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpmemlog1-debug

Uninstall libpmemlog1-debug And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpmemlog1-debug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpmemlog1-debug

Remove libpmemlog1-debug Configurations and Data

To remove libpmemlog1-debug configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpmemlog1-debug

Remove libpmemlog1-debug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpmemlog1-debug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpmemlog1-debug

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemlog1-debug package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.