How To Install librgpio-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librgpio-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is librgpio-dev
librgpio-dev is:
The rgpio library is a fully featured library for controlling the GPIO pins of a computer via the rpgio daemon. It includes facilities for software PWM, callbacks on level change, I2C, SPI, and UART wrappers. The daemon also provides file handling, script and network facilities.
This package contains the header files needed to control rgpiod from C applications.
There are three methods to install librgpio-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librgpio-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 librgpio-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librgpio-dev
Install librgpio-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librgpio-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librgpio-dev
Install librgpio-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 librgpio-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librgpio-dev
How To Uninstall librgpio-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the librgpio-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librgpio-dev
Uninstall librgpio-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librgpio-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librgpio-dev
Remove librgpio-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librgpio-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librgpio-dev
Remove librgpio-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librgpio-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librgpio-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librgpio-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
