How To Install libevd-0.1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevd-0.1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libevd-0.1-dev is Peer-to-peer inter-process communication library - Development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevd-0.1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libevd-0.1-dev

libevd-0.1-dev is:

EventDance is an open source library for interconnecting heterogeneous applications in a simple, secure and scalable fashion. It provides a nice API to send and receive data among distributed applications over different types of transports. This and other features like cryptography, make EventDance a perfect choice for peer-to-peer application

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libevd-0.1-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 libevd-0.1-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 libevd-0.1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libevd-0.1-dev

Install libevd-0.1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libevd-0.1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libevd-0.1-dev

Install libevd-0.1-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 libevd-0.1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevd-0.1-dev

How To Uninstall libevd-0.1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libevd-0.1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevd-0.1-dev

Uninstall libevd-0.1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libevd-0.1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevd-0.1-dev

Remove libevd-0.1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libevd-0.1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libevd-0.1-dev

Remove libevd-0.1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libevd-0.1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevd-0.1-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevd-0.1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.