How To Install librsplib2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librsplib2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librsplib2
librsplib2 is:
Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) is the IETF’s standard (RFC 5351 to RFC 5356) for a lightweight server pool and session management framework. It provides highly available pool management (that is registration handling and load distribution/balancing) by components called Registrar and a client-side/server-side API for accessing the service of a pool.
The API library is provided by this package.
There are three methods to install librsplib2 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 librsplib2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librsplib2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librsplib2
Install librsplib2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librsplib2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librsplib2
Install librsplib2 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 librsplib2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librsplib2
How To Uninstall librsplib2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librsplib2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librsplib2
Uninstall librsplib2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librsplib2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librsplib2
Remove librsplib2 Configurations and Data
To remove librsplib2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librsplib2
Remove librsplib2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librsplib2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librsplib2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librsplib2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
