How To Install runlim on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install runlim
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is runlim
runlim is:
This package contains runlim, a tool for sampling time and memory usage of a program and its children using the proc file system of Linux. Time and space limits are also supported. It is very helpful for benchmarking and running competitions. It also supports limits on wall clock time and thus can control runs of multi-threaded programs on multi-core machines as well.
There are three methods to install runlim
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install runlim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install runlim
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install runlim
Install runlim Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install runlim
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install runlim
Install runlim 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 runlim
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install runlim
How To Uninstall runlim on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the runlim
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove runlim
Uninstall runlim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall runlim
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove runlim
Remove runlim Configurations and Data
To remove runlim
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge runlim
Remove runlim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove runlim
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge runlim
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install runlim
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.