How To Install likwid on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install likwid on Debian 10.
What is likwid
likwid is:
Likwid is a simple to install and use toolsuite of command line applications for performance oriented programmers. It works for Intel and AMD processors on the Linux operating system.
It consists of:
likwid-topology - print thread and cache topology likwid-features - view and toggle feature reagister on Intel processors likwid-perfctr - configure and read out hardware performance counters on Intel and AMD processors likwid-powermeter - read out RAPL Energy information and get info about Turbo Mode steps likwid-setFrequencies - read out RAPL Energy information and get info about Turbo Mode steps likwid-memsweeper - cleans up filled NUMA memory domains and evicts dirty cacheline from cache hierarchy likwid-pin - pin your threaded application (pthread, Intel and gcc OpenMP to dedicated processors likwid-bench - Micro benchmarking platform likwid-gencfg - Dumps topology information to a file likwid-mpirun - Wrapper to start MPI and Hybrid MPI/OpenMP applications (Supports Intel MPI and OpenMPI) likwid-scope - Frontend to the timeline mode of likwid-perfctr, plots live graphs of performance metrics
There are three methods to install likwid on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install likwid Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install likwid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install likwid
Install likwid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install likwid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install likwid
Install likwid 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install likwid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install likwid
How To Uninstall likwid on Debian 10
To uninstall only the likwid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove likwid
Uninstall likwid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall likwid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove likwid
Remove likwid Configurations and Data
To remove likwid configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge likwid
Remove likwid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove likwid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge likwid
Dependencies
likwid have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install likwid package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.