How To Install libmpack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpack-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmpack-dev
libmpack-dev is:
libmpack is a small binary serialization/RPC library that implements both the msgpack and msgpack-rpc specifications.
Differences from mspack-c:
- Callback-based API to simplify (de)serialization directly to/from application-specific objects.
- C89 compatible code
- No allocation performed by the library, but helpers to simplify dynamic allocation if the application needs it.
- Non-backtracking, incremental/iterative parse/serialization API
This package contains the headers files needed for developing with mpack
There are three methods to install libmpack-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 libmpack-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 libmpack-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpack-dev
Install libmpack-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpack-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpack-dev
Install libmpack-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 libmpack-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpack-dev
How To Uninstall libmpack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmpack-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpack-dev
Uninstall libmpack-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpack-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpack-dev
Remove libmpack-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmpack-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpack-dev
Remove libmpack-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpack-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpack-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpack-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.