How To Install libprison0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprison0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libprison0 is barcode API for Qt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprison0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libprison0

libprison0 is:

prison is a barcode API currently offering a nice Qt API to produce QRCode barcodes and DataMatrix barcodes, and can easily be made support more.

This package contains the shared library to be used by applications.

There are three methods to install libprison0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libprison0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libprison0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprison0

Install libprison0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprison0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprison0

Install libprison0 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 libprison0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprison0

How To Uninstall libprison0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libprison0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprison0

Uninstall libprison0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprison0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprison0

Remove libprison0 Configurations and Data

To remove libprison0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprison0

Remove libprison0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprison0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprison0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprison0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.