How To Install libsam-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsam-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libsam-dev is cluster engine SAM library development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsam-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsam-dev

libsam-dev is:

The Corosync Cluster Engine is a Group Communication System with additional features for implementing high availability within applications. The project provides four C Application Programming Interface features:

  • A closed process group communication model with virtual synchrony guarantees for creating replicated state machines.
  • A simple availability manager that restarts the application process when it has failed.
  • A configuration and statistics in-memory database that provide the ability to set, retrieve, and receive change notifications of information.
  • A quorum system that notifies applications when quorum is achieved or lost.

This package contains the headers and other necessary files to build applications or libraries that use the Simple Availability Manager library.

There are three methods to install libsam-dev 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 libsam-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsam-dev

Install libsam-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsam-dev

Install libsam-dev 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 libsam-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsam-dev

How To Uninstall libsam-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libsam-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsam-dev

Uninstall libsam-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsam-dev

Remove libsam-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsam-dev

Remove libsam-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsam-dev

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Summary

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