How To Install libvmem1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmem1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvmem1-debug
libvmem1-debug is:
The libvmem library turns a pool of persistent memory into a volatile memory pool, similar to the system heap but kept separate and with its own malloc-style API.
libvmem supports the traditional malloc/free interfaces on a memory mapped file. This allows the use of persistent memory as volatile memory, for cases where the pool of persistent memory is useful to an application, but when the application doesn’t need it to be persistent.
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 libvmem1-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 libvmem1-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 libvmem1-debug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvmem1-debug
Install libvmem1-debug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmem1-debug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvmem1-debug
Install libvmem1-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 libvmem1-debug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvmem1-debug
How To Uninstall libvmem1-debug on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvmem1-debug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvmem1-debug
Uninstall libvmem1-debug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvmem1-debug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvmem1-debug
Remove libvmem1-debug Configurations and Data
To remove libvmem1-debug configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvmem1-debug
Remove libvmem1-debug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvmem1-debug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvmem1-debug
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmem1-debug package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
