How To Install libreaderwriterqueue-dev 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 libreaderwriterqueue-dev on Ubuntu.

What is libreaderwriterqueue-dev

libreaderwriterqueue-dev is:

This package provides a lock-free queue for C++. It only supports a two-thread use case (one consuming, and one producing). The threads can’t switch roles, though you could use this queue completely from a single thread if you wish (but that would sort of defeat the purpose!).

Features:

• Blazing fast
• Compatible with C++11 (supports moving objects instead of making copies)
• Fully generic (templated container of any type) – just like std::queue, you never need to allocate memory for elements yourself (which saves you the hassle of writing a lock-free memory manager to hold the elements you’re queueing)
• Allocates memory up front, in contiguous blocks
• Provides a try_enqueue method which is guaranteed never to allocate memory (the queue starts with an initial capacity)
• Also provides an enqueue method which can dynamically grow the size of the queue as needed
• Also provides try_emplace/emplace convenience methods
• Has a blocking version with wait_dequeue
• Completely “wait-free” (no compare-and-swap loop). Enqueue and dequeue are always O(1) (not counting memory allocation)
• On x86, the memory barriers compile down to no-ops, meaning enqueue and dequeue are just a simple series of loads and stores (and branches)

There are three methods to install libreaderwriterqueue-dev 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 libreaderwriterqueue-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreaderwriterqueue-dev

Install libreaderwriterqueue-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreaderwriterqueue-dev

Install libreaderwriterqueue-dev 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 libreaderwriterqueue-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreaderwriterqueue-dev

How To Uninstall libreaderwriterqueue-dev on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libreaderwriterqueue-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreaderwriterqueue-dev

Uninstall libreaderwriterqueue-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreaderwriterqueue-dev

Remove libreaderwriterqueue-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libreaderwriterqueue-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreaderwriterqueue-dev

Remove libreaderwriterqueue-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreaderwriterqueue-dev

Dependencies

libreaderwriterqueue-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• libreaderwriterqueue-dev website

Summary

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