How To Install liblirc-client0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblirc-client0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblirc-client0
liblirc-client0 is:
LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
This package provides a library with functions to support remote controls via LIRC in programs such as xawtv. Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: liblirc-client0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.10.1-6.1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libs Source: lirc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Lirc Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 93 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) Suggests: lirc Breaks: inputlirc (« 19), kradio (« 4), liblircclient0 (<= 0.9.4~pre1) Replaces: liblircclient0 (<= 0.9.4~pre1) Filename: pool/main/l/lirc/liblirc-client0_0.10.1-6.1_amd64.deb Size: 23256 MD5sum: 542e16ae40b8e97a7520baedd1356424 SHA1: 67142e2132f44c8f6cc5acf2f97dcac230d1317c SHA256: 057615a3d1e976cb1f72db772d4383e38a0f149bb946b0e3b6680a4bdd185c17 Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc Description-en: infra-red remote control support - client library LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
This package provides a library with functions to support remote controls via LIRC in programs such as xawtv. Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install liblirc-client0 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 liblirc-client0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblirc-client0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblirc-client0
Install liblirc-client0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblirc-client0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblirc-client0
Install liblirc-client0 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 liblirc-client0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblirc-client0
How To Uninstall liblirc-client0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblirc-client0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblirc-client0
Uninstall liblirc-client0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblirc-client0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblirc-client0
Remove liblirc-client0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblirc-client0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblirc-client0
Remove liblirc-client0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblirc-client0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblirc-client0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblirc-client0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.