How To Install libxenomai1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxenomai1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libxenomai1 is Shared libraries for Xenomai

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxenomai1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxenomai1

libxenomai1 is:

Xenomai is a real-time development framework cooperating with the Linux kernel in order to provide a pervasive, interface-agnostic, hard real-time support to user-space applications, seamlessly integrated into the GNU/Linux environment. Xenomai provides its own API and emulation layers (“skins”) to make migration from other RTOS easier. Examples are: pSOS+, VxWorks, VRTX, uiTRON, RTAI, POSIX.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libxenomai1 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 libxenomai1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxenomai1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxenomai1

Install libxenomai1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxenomai1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxenomai1

Install libxenomai1 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 libxenomai1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxenomai1

How To Uninstall libxenomai1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxenomai1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxenomai1

Uninstall libxenomai1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxenomai1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxenomai1

Remove libxenomai1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxenomai1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxenomai1

Remove libxenomai1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxenomai1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxenomai1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxenomai1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.