How To Install libcoap-1-0-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap-1-0-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcoap-1-0-bin
libcoap-1-0-bin is:
The libcoap provide some example binary files to show the usage of a CoAP Server, CoAP Client and a Resource Directory implementation. These examples heavily rely on the libcoap as the core functionality is based there.
This package provides the following example binaries:
coap-client A command-line client that allows you to interact with CoAP reasources.
coap-server Simple server that can provide CoAP resources for simple testing cases.
coap-rd This binary let you simulate various CoAP resources mostly for testing purpose.
You can use these files without any exception no matter as they named examples. Please see the respectives man pages for usage instructions.
There are three methods to install libcoap-1-0-bin 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 libcoap-1-0-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcoap-1-0-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcoap-1-0-bin
Install libcoap-1-0-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcoap-1-0-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcoap-1-0-bin
Install libcoap-1-0-bin 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 libcoap-1-0-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcoap-1-0-bin
How To Uninstall libcoap-1-0-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcoap-1-0-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcoap-1-0-bin
Uninstall libcoap-1-0-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcoap-1-0-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoap-1-0-bin
Remove libcoap-1-0-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libcoap-1-0-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcoap-1-0-bin
Remove libcoap-1-0-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcoap-1-0-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcoap-1-0-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap-1-0-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
