How To Install libcotp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcotp-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libcotp-dev
libcotp-dev is:
C library that generates TOTP and HOTP according to RFC-6238.
This package contains the files needed to compile and link programs which use this library.
There are three methods to install libcotp-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcotp-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 libcotp-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcotp-dev
Install libcotp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcotp-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcotp-dev
Install libcotp-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 libcotp-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcotp-dev
How To Uninstall libcotp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libcotp-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcotp-dev
Uninstall libcotp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcotp-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcotp-dev
Remove libcotp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcotp-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcotp-dev
Remove libcotp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcotp-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcotp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcotp-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.