How To Install libosmo-sigtran0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-sigtran0 on Ubuntu 20.04. libosmo-sigtran0 is Osmocom SIGTRAN library (SCCP, SUA, M3UA and more)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-sigtran0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libosmo-sigtran0

libosmo-sigtran0 is:

This is a shared library containing SS7/SIGTRAN related functionality, including connection-less and connection-oriented SCCP as per ITU-T Q.71x, M3UA (MTP3 User Adaptation) according to IETF RFC4666, SUA (SCCP User Adpatation) according to IETF RFC3868 as well as MTP-level routing function and handling of signaling links, linksets, ASPs, SGs, etc.

There are three methods to install libosmo-sigtran0 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 libosmo-sigtran0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-sigtran0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmo-sigtran0

Install libosmo-sigtran0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-sigtran0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmo-sigtran0

Install libosmo-sigtran0 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 libosmo-sigtran0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmo-sigtran0

How To Uninstall libosmo-sigtran0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libosmo-sigtran0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmo-sigtran0

Uninstall libosmo-sigtran0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmo-sigtran0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmo-sigtran0

Remove libosmo-sigtran0 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmo-sigtran0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmo-sigtran0

Remove libosmo-sigtran0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmo-sigtran0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmo-sigtran0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-sigtran0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.