How To Install libobjc4 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobjc4 on Ubuntu 20.04. libobjc4 is Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobjc4 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libobjc4

libobjc4 is:

Library needed for GNU ObjC applications linked against the shared library. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-graphics

Package: libobjc4 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 215 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgc1c2 (>= 1:7.2d), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10/libobjc4_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 42792 MD5sum: f7ba07ebc3bbf557e4a5e495f84b7896 SHA1: cbbcb5e77fd84333139d0e7d6445f292ecc29c6f SHA256: 1870301f77c33f9f30f6c0a768cf5e16e0861437a3ff130076fa29d0e254dab0 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications Library needed for GNU ObjC applications linked against the shared library. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-graphics

There are three methods to install libobjc4 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 libobjc4 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libobjc4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libobjc4

Install libobjc4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libobjc4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libobjc4

Install libobjc4 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 libobjc4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libobjc4

How To Uninstall libobjc4 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libobjc4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libobjc4

Uninstall libobjc4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libobjc4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libobjc4

Remove libobjc4 Configurations and Data

To remove libobjc4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libobjc4

Remove libobjc4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libobjc4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libobjc4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobjc4 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.