How To Install memtool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install memtool
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is memtool
memtool is:
memtool allows one to read and write memory mapped registers via /dev/mem. The commands are inspired by the respective commands of the barebox bootloader. This is handy during driver development to inspect and modify register settings. It can also be used to modify regular files and character devices (e.g. to paint to /dev/fb0).
There are three methods to install memtool
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 memtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install memtool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install memtool
Install memtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install memtool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install memtool
Install memtool 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 memtool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install memtool
How To Uninstall memtool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the memtool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove memtool
Uninstall memtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall memtool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove memtool
Remove memtool Configurations and Data
To remove memtool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge memtool
Remove memtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove memtool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge memtool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install memtool
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.