How to Install libhugetlbfs-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libhugetlbfs-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libhugetlbfs-dev software package provides A library which provides easy access to huge pages of memory, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libhugetlbfs-dev 

libhugetlbfs-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libhugetlbfs-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libhugetlbfs-dev *

You will get with libhugetlbfs-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libhugetlbfs-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libhugetlbfs-dev
Version 2.19-0ubuntu1
Description A library which provides easy access to huge pages of memory
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libhugetlbfs-dev software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?