How To Install numad on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 375 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install numad on Ubuntu.
What is numad
numad is:
Numad is a system daemon that monitors NUMA topology and usage. It will attempt to locate processes for optimum NUMA locality and affinity, dynamically adjusting to changing system conditions. Numad also provides guidance to assist management applications with initial manual binding of CPU and memory resources for their processes.
There are three methods to install numad 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 numad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install numad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install numad
Install numad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install numad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install numad
Install numad 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 numad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install numad
How To Uninstall numad on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the numad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove numad
Uninstall numad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall numad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove numad
Remove numad Configurations and Data
To remove numad configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge numad
Remove numad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove numad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge numad
Dependencies
numad have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install numad package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.