How To Install librpmem1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librpmem1
librpmem1 is:
librpmem provides low-level support for remote access to persistent memory (pmem) utilizing RDMA-capable RNICs. The library can be used to replicate remotely a memory region over RDMA protocol. It utilizes appropriate persistency mechanism based on remote node’s platform capabilities. The librpmem utilizes the ssh client to authenticate a user on remote node and for encryption of connection’s out-of-band configuration data.
This library is for applications that use remote persistent memory directly, without the help of any library-supplied transactions or memory allocation. Higher-level libraries that build on libpmem are available and are recommended for most applications.
There are three methods to install librpmem1 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 librpmem1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librpmem1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librpmem1
Install librpmem1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librpmem1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librpmem1
Install librpmem1 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 librpmem1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librpmem1
How To Uninstall librpmem1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librpmem1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librpmem1
Uninstall librpmem1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librpmem1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librpmem1
Remove librpmem1 Configurations and Data
To remove librpmem1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librpmem1
Remove librpmem1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librpmem1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librpmem1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmem1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
