How To Install libmama-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmama-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libmama-dev is message oriented middleware - development files

Introduction

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

What is libmama-dev

libmama-dev is:

OpenMAMA is a high performance Middleware Agnostic Messaging API that provides a consistent abstraction layer over a variety of message oriented middlewares. OpenMAMA is an open source project hosted at The Linux Foundation.

This package provides header files needed for developing applications based on the core libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmama-dev

Install libmama-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmama-dev

Install libmama-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 libmama-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmama-dev

How To Uninstall libmama-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libmama-dev

Uninstall libmama-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmama-dev

Remove libmama-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmama-dev

Remove libmama-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmama-dev

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Summary

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