How To Install libslirp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libslirp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libslirp-dev
libslirp-dev is:
libslirp is a user-mode networking library used by virtual machines, containers or various tools.
This package contains the header files and other files needed to compile applications which uses libslirp.
Package: libslirp-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.1.0-2ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: libslirp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 26 Depends: libslirp0 (= 4.1.0-2ubuntu2) Filename: pool/main/libs/libslirp/libslirp-dev_4.1.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 5188 MD5sum: 0f1017982a376480e11ff110e2553abb SHA1: 76e0a678062240446683a92932db810210feb2ac SHA256: b7c6a5d02fc866c35d854cc116b6a9fe5cad03601a4f7c8fd11459748ed3bcd3 Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp Description-en: General purpose TCP-IP emulator library (development files) libslirp is a user-mode networking library used by virtual machines, containers or various tools.
This package contains the header files and other files needed to compile applications which uses libslirp.
There are three methods to install libslirp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libslirp-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 libslirp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libslirp-dev
Install libslirp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libslirp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libslirp-dev
Install libslirp-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 libslirp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libslirp-dev
How To Uninstall libslirp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libslirp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libslirp-dev
Uninstall libslirp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libslirp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libslirp-dev
Remove libslirp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libslirp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libslirp-dev
Remove libslirp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libslirp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libslirp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libslirp-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.