How To Install vmtouch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vmtouch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vmtouch
vmtouch is:
vmtouch is a tool for learning about and controlling the file system cache of unix and unix-like systems. It can discover which files the OS is caching, tell the OS to cache or evict some files or regions of files, lock files into memory so the OS won’t evict them, and more.
There are three methods to install vmtouch 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 vmtouch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vmtouch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vmtouch
Install vmtouch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vmtouch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vmtouch
Install vmtouch 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 vmtouch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vmtouch
How To Uninstall vmtouch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vmtouch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vmtouch
Uninstall vmtouch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vmtouch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vmtouch
Remove vmtouch Configurations and Data
To remove vmtouch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vmtouch
Remove vmtouch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vmtouch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vmtouch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vmtouch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
