How To Install libopenusb0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenusb0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libopenusb0
libopenusb0 is:
The Open USB library provides a platform independent API to USB, including synchronous and asynchronous transfers and thread safety.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libopenusb0 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 libopenusb0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenusb0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenusb0
Install libopenusb0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenusb0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenusb0
Install libopenusb0 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 libopenusb0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenusb0
How To Uninstall libopenusb0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libopenusb0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenusb0
Uninstall libopenusb0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenusb0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenusb0
Remove libopenusb0 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenusb0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenusb0
Remove libopenusb0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenusb0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenusb0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenusb0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
