How To Install makeparallel 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 makeparallel on Ubuntu.
What is makeparallel
makeparallel is:
makeparallel communicates with the GNU make jobserver in order to claim all available jobs, and then passes the number of jobs claimed to a subprocess with -j
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There are three methods to install makeparallel 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 makeparallel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install makeparallel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install makeparallel
Install makeparallel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install makeparallel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install makeparallel
Install makeparallel 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 makeparallel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install makeparallel
How To Uninstall makeparallel on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the makeparallel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove makeparallel
Uninstall makeparallel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall makeparallel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove makeparallel
Remove makeparallel Configurations and Data
To remove makeparallel configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge makeparallel
Remove makeparallel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove makeparallel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makeparallel
Dependencies
makeparallel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install makeparallel package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.