How To Install blcr-testsuite on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install blcr-testsuite on Ubuntu 18.04. blcr-testsuite is Userspace tools to Checkpoint and Restart Linux processes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blcr-testsuite on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is blcr-testsuite

blcr-testsuite is:

BLCR (Berkeley Lab Checkpoint/Restart) allows programs running on Linux to be “checkpointed” (written entirely to a file), and then later “restarted”.

BLCR can checkpoint both single- and multithreaded (pthreads) programs linked with the NPTL implementation of pthreads. BLCR is also able to save and restore groups of related processes together with the pipes that connect them.

This package contains the testsuite needed to verify and diagnose problems with the local BLCR kernel module.

There are three methods to install blcr-testsuite 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 blcr-testsuite Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blcr-testsuite

Install blcr-testsuite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blcr-testsuite

Install blcr-testsuite 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 blcr-testsuite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blcr-testsuite

How To Uninstall blcr-testsuite on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the blcr-testsuite package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blcr-testsuite

Uninstall blcr-testsuite And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blcr-testsuite

Remove blcr-testsuite Configurations and Data

To remove blcr-testsuite configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge blcr-testsuite

Remove blcr-testsuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blcr-testsuite

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Summary

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