How To Install libgloox15 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgloox15
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgloox15
libgloox15 is:
A C++ Jabber/XMPP library that takes care of low level protocol stuff. Additionally, it offers high level interfaces for interaction with an XMPP server.
It is a fully compliant XMPP Core and supports various JEPs, mainly those needed to implement a XMPP IM client.
There are three methods to install libgloox15
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 libgloox15 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgloox15
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgloox15
Install libgloox15 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgloox15
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgloox15
Install libgloox15 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 libgloox15
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgloox15
How To Uninstall libgloox15 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgloox15
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgloox15
Uninstall libgloox15 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgloox15
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgloox15
Remove libgloox15 Configurations and Data
To remove libgloox15
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgloox15
Remove libgloox15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgloox15
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgloox15
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgloox15
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.