How To Install libdbus-1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdbus-1-dev
libdbus-1-dev is:
D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.
See the dbus description for more information about D-Bus in general.
Package: libdbus-1-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.12.16-2ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: dbus Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 968 Depends: libdbus-1-3 (= 1.12.16-2ubuntu2), pkg-config Filename: pool/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.12.16-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 167416 MD5sum: ccd4bed756f840edd2ebba004d36ff86 SHA1: 9b26cea15ed850bc4a79f7697e5ff83e49e27756 SHA256: bf9c77a283bdf356c36b4e56d2775b6c39e768318b5c18c02d449ec7502e7f31 Homepage: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/ Description-en: simple interprocess messaging system (development headers) D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.
See the dbus description for more information about D-Bus in general.
There are three methods to install libdbus-1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdbus-1-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 libdbus-1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdbus-1-dev
Install libdbus-1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdbus-1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdbus-1-dev
Install libdbus-1-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 libdbus-1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdbus-1-dev
How To Uninstall libdbus-1-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdbus-1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdbus-1-dev
Uninstall libdbus-1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdbus-1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbus-1-dev
Remove libdbus-1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdbus-1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdbus-1-dev
Remove libdbus-1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdbus-1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbus-1-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-1-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
