How To Install libslirp0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libslirp0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libslirp0
libslirp0 is:
libslirp is a user-mode networking library used by virtual machines, containers or various tools.
This package contains the library itself.
Package: libslirp0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.1.0-2ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs 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: 140 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.57.2) Filename: pool/main/libs/libslirp/libslirp0_4.1.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 54004 MD5sum: 014e6524026f2eee0d55dd2ed41580bd SHA1: f8b987bf5ad8e4cde368b01bd07d1d83bcaf5b8d SHA256: 029602bed3fa08c43255ed7f351e8d084c3bc0f825a2b3e0b5b7179bfabe500d Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp Description-en: General purpose TCP-IP emulator library libslirp is a user-mode networking library used by virtual machines, containers or various tools.
This package contains the library itself.
There are three methods to install libslirp0 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 libslirp0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libslirp0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libslirp0
Install libslirp0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libslirp0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libslirp0
Install libslirp0 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 libslirp0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libslirp0
How To Uninstall libslirp0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libslirp0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libslirp0
Uninstall libslirp0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libslirp0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libslirp0
Remove libslirp0 Configurations and Data
To remove libslirp0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libslirp0
Remove libslirp0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libslirp0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libslirp0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libslirp0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.