How To Install libindi-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libindi-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libindi-plugins
libindi-plugins is:
INDI (Instrument-Neutral Device Interface) is a distributed XML-based control protocol designed to operate astronomical instrumentation. INDI is small, flexible, easy to parse, scalable, and stateless. It supports common DCS functions such as remote control, data acquisition, monitoring, and a lot more.
This package contains binary plugins.
There are three methods to install libindi-plugins 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 libindi-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libindi-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libindi-plugins
Install libindi-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libindi-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libindi-plugins
Install libindi-plugins 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 libindi-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libindi-plugins
How To Uninstall libindi-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libindi-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libindi-plugins
Uninstall libindi-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libindi-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libindi-plugins
Remove libindi-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove libindi-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libindi-plugins
Remove libindi-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libindi-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libindi-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libindi-plugins package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
