How To Install libtransitioner2 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtransitioner2 on Ubuntu 18.04. libtransitioner2 is cluster resource manager transitioner library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtransitioner2 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libtransitioner2

libtransitioner2 is:

At its core, Pacemaker is a distributed finite state machine capable of co-ordinating the startup and recovery of inter-related services across a set of machines.

Pacemaker understands many different resource types (OCF, SYSV, systemd) and can accurately model the relationships between them (colocation, ordering).

It can even use technology such as Docker to automatically isolate the resources managed by the cluster.

This package contains the transitioner library.

There are three methods to install libtransitioner2 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 libtransitioner2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtransitioner2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtransitioner2

Install libtransitioner2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtransitioner2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtransitioner2

Install libtransitioner2 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 libtransitioner2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtransitioner2

How To Uninstall libtransitioner2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libtransitioner2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtransitioner2

Uninstall libtransitioner2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtransitioner2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtransitioner2

Remove libtransitioner2 Configurations and Data

To remove libtransitioner2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtransitioner2

Remove libtransitioner2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtransitioner2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtransitioner2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtransitioner2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.