How To Install runlim 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 runlim on Ubuntu.
What is runlim
runlim is:
This package contains runlim, a tool for sampling time and memory usage of a program and its children using the proc file system of Linux. Time and space limits are also supported. It is very helpful for benchmarking and running competitions. It also supports limits on wall clock time and thus can control runs of multi-threaded programs on multi-core machines as well.
There are three methods to install runlim 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 runlim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install runlim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install runlim
Install runlim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install runlim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install runlim
Install runlim 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 runlim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install runlim
How To Uninstall runlim on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the runlim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove runlim
Uninstall runlim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall runlim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove runlim
Remove runlim Configurations and Data
To remove runlim configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge runlim
Remove runlim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove runlim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge runlim
Dependencies
runlim have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install runlim package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.