How to Install hugepages software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install hugepages software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

hugepages software package provides A set of tools to configure huge pages of memory, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install hugepages 

hugepages is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hugepages package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hugepages *

You will get with hugepages package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hugepages package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Administration Utilities
Package hugepages
Version 2.11-0ubuntu1
Description A set of tools to configure huge pages of memory
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove hugepages software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?