How To Install libopenwsman-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenwsman-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libopenwsman-dev is Open Web Services Manager library development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenwsman-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libopenwsman-dev

libopenwsman-dev is:

Openwsman is a project intended to provide an open-source implementation of the Web Services Management specification (WS-Management) and to expose system management information on the Linux operating system using the WS-Management protocol. WS-Management is based on a suite of web services specifications and usage requirements that exposes a set of operations focused on and covers all system management aspects.

This package provides the library development headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopenwsman-dev

Install libopenwsman-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenwsman-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenwsman-dev

How To Uninstall libopenwsman-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenwsman-dev

Uninstall libopenwsman-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenwsman-dev

Remove libopenwsman-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopenwsman-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenwsman-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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