How To Install libnetplan-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetplan-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnetplan-dev
libnetplan-dev is:
netplan reads YAML network configuration files which are written by administrators, installers, cloud image instantiations, or other OS deployments. During early boot it then generates backend specific configuration files in /run to hand off control of devices to a particular networking daemon.
Currently supported backends are networkd and NetworkManager.
This package contains development files for developers wanting to use libnetplan in their applications.
Package: libnetplan-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.99-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: net Source: netplan.io Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian netplan Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 34 Depends: libnetplan0 (= 0.99-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/n/netplan.io/libnetplan-dev_0.99-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5920 MD5sum: 6a81d139170472a343381f61d52c5362 SHA1: 895bca25632f71f5d0d2039e7ec7de65b9588cb2 SHA256: 23dc5ac9ac1ba50920e1e1e87898e1e0f44ea756291807b51cf38539844aad51 Homepage: https://netplan.io/ Description-en: Development files for netplan’s libnetplan runtime library netplan reads YAML network configuration files which are written by administrators, installers, cloud image instantiations, or other OS deployments. During early boot it then generates backend specific configuration files in /run to hand off control of devices to a particular networking daemon.
Currently supported backends are networkd and NetworkManager.
This package contains development files for developers wanting to use libnetplan in their applications.
There are three methods to install libnetplan-dev 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 libnetplan-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 libnetplan-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnetplan-dev
Install libnetplan-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetplan-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnetplan-dev
Install libnetplan-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 libnetplan-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnetplan-dev
How To Uninstall libnetplan-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnetplan-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnetplan-dev
Uninstall libnetplan-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnetplan-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetplan-dev
Remove libnetplan-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnetplan-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnetplan-dev
Remove libnetplan-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnetplan-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetplan-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetplan-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
