How To Install bmagic on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bmagic on Ubuntu.
What is bmagic
bmagic is:
BitMagic is a C++ template library designed and developed to implement efficient platform independent bitsets. Key features:
- Several types of on the fly adaptive compression.
- Dynamic range of addressable space of 232-1 bits.
- Efficient memory management.
- Cache optimized bitset distance algorithms.
- Serialization in platform independent, compact format suitable for storing in files and databases.
- Performance tuning for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
- Optimization for Intel SSE2 128-bit integer SIMD.
There are three methods to install bmagic on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bmagic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bmagic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bmagic
Install bmagic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bmagic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bmagic
Install bmagic 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 bmagic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bmagic
How To Uninstall bmagic on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bmagic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bmagic
Uninstall bmagic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bmagic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bmagic
Remove bmagic Configurations and Data
To remove bmagic configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bmagic
Remove bmagic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bmagic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bmagic
Dependencies
bmagic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bmagic package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.