How To Install libow-tcl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-tcl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libow-tcl
libow-tcl is:
The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.
This package contains Tcl bindings to the OWFS core library (libow), which is used to access 1-Wire networks
There are three methods to install libow-tcl 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 libow-tcl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libow-tcl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libow-tcl
Install libow-tcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libow-tcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libow-tcl
Install libow-tcl 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 libow-tcl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libow-tcl
How To Uninstall libow-tcl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libow-tcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libow-tcl
Uninstall libow-tcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libow-tcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libow-tcl
Remove libow-tcl Configurations and Data
To remove libow-tcl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libow-tcl
Remove libow-tcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libow-tcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libow-tcl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-tcl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
