How To Install prctl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prctl on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is prctl
prctl is:
prctl is a tool to query and modify process behavior. Supported process behavior is handling of unaligned memory access, handling of floating point software assist faults and machine check memory corruption kill policy. Some of this functionality is supported by the kernel only on a subset of architectures.
There are three methods to install prctl on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install prctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prctl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prctl
Install prctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prctl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prctl
Install prctl 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 prctl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prctl
How To Uninstall prctl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the prctl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prctl
Uninstall prctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prctl
Remove prctl Configurations and Data
To remove prctl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prctl
Remove prctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prctl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prctl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prctl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
