How To Install liblirc0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblirc0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblirc0
liblirc0 is:
LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
Package contains internal LIRC runtime libs used by external applications (liblirc_client.so*), drivers (liblirc_driver.so*) and also internal LIRC applications (lirc_private.so*)
Package: liblirc0 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: 322 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 189), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), lsb-base Breaks: lirc (« 0.9.1) Replaces: lirc (« 0.9.1) Filename: pool/main/l/lirc/liblirc0_0.10.1-6.1_amd64.deb Size: 82804 MD5sum: 6aa2e77485b36b925895b1986a2ccc5e SHA1: 199ac02feaa0adbe00269b4e8dab2ce241ccfdc2 SHA256: 16fcf6e7eeb6170603c64fefda973a48a68e2bcc818c2d6bf516bbe10bb1f4d1 Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc Description-en: Infra-red remote control support - Run-time libraries LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
Package contains internal LIRC runtime libs used by external applications (liblirc_client.so*), drivers (liblirc_driver.so*) and also internal LIRC applications (lirc_private.so*)
There are three methods to install liblirc0 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 liblirc0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblirc0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblirc0
Install liblirc0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblirc0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblirc0
Install liblirc0 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 liblirc0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblirc0
How To Uninstall liblirc0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblirc0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblirc0
Uninstall liblirc0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblirc0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblirc0
Remove liblirc0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblirc0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblirc0
Remove liblirc0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblirc0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblirc0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblirc0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
