How To Install libambit0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libambit0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libambit0-dev
libambit0-dev is:
This package provides software that helps communicating with Suunto Ambit outdoor watches.
OpenAmbit offers the following features:
- Read logs from device and save them in XML files;
- Upload logs to movescount.com;
- Update orbital data (for faster GPS sync) to the device.
It doesn’t have the following features (but may include them in future releases):
- Sync user settings from movescount to device;
- Sync apps, routes etc from movescount to device.
The application is divided in 2 parts, libambit which is a basic C-library that does the device-communication, and the openambit GUI application that writes the logs to XML files and synchronize with movescount. The movescount parts is completely optional, and needs to be manually enabled in the UI.
This package provides the development files.
There are three methods to install libambit0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libambit0-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libambit0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libambit0-dev
Install libambit0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libambit0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libambit0-dev
Install libambit0-dev 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 libambit0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libambit0-dev
How To Uninstall libambit0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libambit0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libambit0-dev
Uninstall libambit0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libambit0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libambit0-dev
Remove libambit0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libambit0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libambit0-dev
Remove libambit0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libambit0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libambit0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libambit0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
