How To Install librgpio1 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgpio1 on Ubuntu 22.04. librgpio1 is Control GPIO pins remotely via rgpiod

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgpio1 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is librgpio1

librgpio1 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 rgpio library itself.

There are three methods to install librgpio1 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 librgpio1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librgpio1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librgpio1

Install librgpio1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librgpio1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librgpio1

Install librgpio1 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 librgpio1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librgpio1

How To Uninstall librgpio1 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the librgpio1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librgpio1

Uninstall librgpio1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librgpio1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librgpio1

Remove librgpio1 Configurations and Data

To remove librgpio1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librgpio1

Remove librgpio1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librgpio1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librgpio1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgpio1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.