How To Install libtbb12 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb12 on Ubuntu 22.04. libtbb12 is parallelism library for C++ - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb12 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is `libtbb12`

libtbb12 is:

TBB is a library that helps you leverage multi-core processor performance without having to be a threading expert. It represents a higher-level, task-based parallelism that abstracts platform details and threading mechanism for performance and scalability.

(Note: if you are a user of the i386 architecture, i.e., 32-bit Intel or compatible hardware, this package only supports Pentium4-compatible and higher processors.)

This package includes the TBB runtime files.

There are three methods to install libtbb12 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtbb12 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtbb12 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtbb12

Install libtbb12 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtbb12 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtbb12

Install libtbb12 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 libtbb12 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtbb12

How To Uninstall libtbb12 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libtbb12 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtbb12

Uninstall libtbb12 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtbb12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtbb12

Remove libtbb12 Configurations and Data

To remove libtbb12 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtbb12

Remove libtbb12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtbb12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtbb12

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb12 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.