How To Install libdaxctl1 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 libdaxctl1 on Ubuntu.
What is libdaxctl1
libdaxctl1 is:
“DAX” are file system extensions to bypass the page cache and block layer to mmap persistent memory, from a PMEM block device, directly into a process address space.
This package contains a utility library used by applications to manage the device DAX subsystem in the Linux kernel.
There are three methods to install libdaxctl1 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 libdaxctl1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdaxctl1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdaxctl1
Install libdaxctl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdaxctl1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdaxctl1
Install libdaxctl1 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 libdaxctl1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdaxctl1
How To Uninstall libdaxctl1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libdaxctl1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdaxctl1
Uninstall libdaxctl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdaxctl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdaxctl1
Remove libdaxctl1 Configurations and Data
To remove libdaxctl1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdaxctl1
Remove libdaxctl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdaxctl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdaxctl1
Dependencies
libdaxctl1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaxctl1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.