How To Install libpt2.10.11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt2.10.11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpt2.10.11
libpt2.10.11 is:
This package contains the shared version of the library PTLib, which is a moderately large class library that has its genesis many years ago as a method to produce applications to run on both Microsoft Windows and Unix X-Window systems.
This package also contains all the current PTLib plugins (alsa, oss, pulse, and v4l2).
There are three methods to install libpt2.10.11 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 libpt2.10.11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpt2.10.11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpt2.10.11
Install libpt2.10.11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpt2.10.11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpt2.10.11
Install libpt2.10.11 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 libpt2.10.11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpt2.10.11
How To Uninstall libpt2.10.11 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpt2.10.11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpt2.10.11
Uninstall libpt2.10.11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpt2.10.11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpt2.10.11
Remove libpt2.10.11 Configurations and Data
To remove libpt2.10.11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpt2.10.11
Remove libpt2.10.11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpt2.10.11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpt2.10.11
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt2.10.11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
